Usage of "side-whiskers"

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Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)

Uso de side-whiskers em inglês

He had neatly-trimmed side-whiskers and moustache, while Johnson had a full beard. 
 The Face and the Mask 

Jeremiah blinked solemnly at Roscoe Orlando's florid side-whiskers and wide sensuous mouth. 
 Under the Skylights 

There is a slight difference here, too, for this man wears side-whiskers. 
 Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 

The word has an Early Victorian sound that suggests side-whiskers and leg-of-mutton trousers. 
 Flaming June 

Even stout and stubborn old gentlemen with side-whiskers have their uses. 
 Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 / Little J... 

An otherwise clean-shaven florid face was adorned with brown side-whiskers growing rather long. 
 The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel 

Silly rot at forty. He clutched his side-whiskers with frenzied hands. 
 Ruggles of Red Gap 

These two have rallied their host upon his modishly trimmed side-whiskers. 
 The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation 

Give him two cornucopias, instead of one, to balance those side-whiskers-- 
 Under the Skylights 

There was nothing small about him but his short, white side-whiskers. 
 A Set of Six 

Comrade Wotherspoon was a tall, thin man with side-whiskers and a high voice. 
 Psmith in the City 

Also, he still shaved his chin, sporting a pair of formidable gray side-whiskers. 
 The Rise of David Levinsky 

BEERMANN is in the fifties; jovial; lively; with gray side-whiskers and chin carefully shaved. 
 Moral 

I doubt whether there is a pair of side-whiskers to match them in London. 
 Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough 

One in the centre, venerable for gold eye-glasses and grey side-whiskers, acted as chairman. 
 Essays in Rebellion 

He had splendid side-whiskers, though their yellow hue did not show in the photograph. 
 Secret Bread 

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Significados de side-whiskers em inglês