sideburns[noun plural]Synonyms: side-whiskers, burnsides, dundrearies, muttonchops, sideboards
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side‧burns /ˈsaɪdbɜːnz $ -bɜːrnz/
noun [plural][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: burnsides type of beard in which the chin is shaved, from Ambrose Burnside (1824-81), U.S. general who wore such a beard]
hair grown down the sides of a man’s face in front of his ears
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