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burnside

See also: Burnside

English edit

 
General Ambrose Burnside. Photo by Mathew Brady

Etymology edit

From Ambrose Burnside.

Noun edit

burnside (plural burnsides)

  1. (especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.

Usage notes edit

This was later reformed as sideburn, see there.

Anagrams edit

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