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beardruff

beardruff noun: scaly dry dead skin in the human beard.

Noun

beardruff (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Scaly dry dead skin in the human beard.
    • In all likelihood, if you have "beardruff" (a word I invented for convenience's sake), you probably also have dandruff and have by now discovered a shampoo or some other product which controls it. That product will also control beardruff in most cases.1971, Marvin Grosswith, The Art of Growing a Beard, Dover, published 2014, →ISBN, page 109
    • This can give you tons of issues with dry skin, itchiness, and the infamous “beardruff”.2014 November 15, Ian Pickering, “Growing the best beard you can”, in Billings Gazette

Origin of beardruff

Blend of beard + dandruff.

Questions about beardruff

What does beardruff mean?
Beardruff means scaly dry dead skin in the human beard.
What part of speech is beardruff?
Beardruff is a noun.

Words near beardruff in the dictionary

  1. beardog
  2. beardogs
  3. beardom
  4. beardoms
  5. beardos
  6. beardruff
  7. beards
  8. beards the lion in his den
  9. Beardsell
  10. Beardsells
  11. Beardslee

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