cavalry moustache
cavalry moustache noun: a fairly long, full moustache, often either drooping or waxed to a point at either end.
Noun
cavalry moustache (plural cavalry moustaches)
- A fairly long, full moustache, often either drooping or waxed to a point at either end.
- Now his dark-brown hair was greying and falling out, and his ginger cavalry moustache, so proud and fierce a creature in days gone by, looked as though the rats had been at it […]1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 208
- By now the well-groomed cavalry mustache, gleaming dome and heavily lidded eyes have become familiar sights in every Arab land. But except for an occasional trip to Moscow or some other Soviet-bloc capital in quest of arms and aid, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat has rarely ventured beyond the Middle...1975 June 9, “Big Changes and a New Self-Confidence”, in Time
Forms of cavalry moustache
| plural | cavalry moustaches |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cavalry mustache |
Questions about cavalry moustache
- What does cavalry moustache mean?
- Cavalry moustache means a fairly long, full moustache, often either drooping or waxed to a point at either end.
- What part of speech is cavalry moustache?
- Cavalry moustache is a noun.
- What is the plural of cavalry moustache?
- The plural of cavalry moustache is cavalry moustaches.
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