Meanings
plural side-levers
- AustraliaobsoleteSideburn.
He was […] clean shaved with the exception of very short reddish side lever whiskers.
1938 July 7, John E. Bennett, “Dr William Hobbs”, in The Central Queensland Herald, Rockhampton, QLD2 more examples
In the Byronic fashion of the period the hair falls into a curling side-lever on each cheek.
1934, Brian Penton, chapter 2, in Landtakers: The Story of an EpochRiding Misanthropy was test of manhood enough for Tim. What if the fellow cleaned his teeth and reamed his nails and wore side-lever whiskers?
1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 212
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