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beardage

beardage noun: the mass or volume of a beard.

Noun

beardage (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, slang) The mass or volume of a beard.
    • Manhood does not go by age, or bulk, or beardage.1866, William Arnot, “Ourselves, and How to Make the Most of Them”, in Six Lectures Delivered In Exeter Hall, page 69
    • Make sure you don't have to take a drug test the morning after East Van rock outfit Black Mountain brings its sludgy riffs and back-to-the-land beardage to the Commodore Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.2010 November 26, “Picks of the week”, in Vancouver Courier, page 37

Origin of beardage

From beard + -age.

Questions about beardage

What does beardage mean?
Beardage means the mass or volume of a beard.
What part of speech is beardage?
Beardage is a noun.

Words near beardage in the dictionary

  1. beard worms
  2. beard-down
  3. beard-second
  4. beard-seconds
  5. beard-stroking
  6. beardage
  7. Beardall
  8. Beardalls
  9. bearde
  10. bearded
  11. bearded clam

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