mustachy

English

Adjective

mustachy (comparative more mustachy, superlative most mustachy)

1. Alternative spelling of moustachy
   • 1907, Josephine Earl-Sheffield Porter, A White Rose and Other Stories, The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, page 9:

     Yes, miss, I seen him often ’nuff; he want no great to see. One dese yere ‘nose-in-de-air’ kind, bushy and mustachy, too. Not thet I minds de har on de faces ob de quality, but I does wish it had pleased de Lord in ’versal goodness to a made dese yere poor whites smooth faced.

   • 1909 March 1, “The Mustache Cabinet”, in The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Ind., page 6:

     Turning to the cabinet-to-be the appearance is very “mustachy.” There are only two members who do not individually appear to favor the mustache and there is said to be hope for both these.

   • 1998, Elizabeth Strout, Amy and Isabelle, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 72:

     He watched her, biting down on his mustachy lip.