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side-lever

side-lever noun: sideburn.

Noun

side-lever (plural side-levers)

  1. (Australia, obsolete) Sideburn.
    • In the Byronic fashion of the period the hair falls into a curling side-lever on each cheek.1934, Brian Penton, chapter 2, in Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch
    • Riding Misanthropy was test of manhood enough for Tim. What if the fellow cleaned his teeth and reamed his nails and wore side-lever whiskers?1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 212

Forms of side-lever

pluralside-levers

Questions about side-lever

What does side-lever mean?
Side-lever means sideburn.
What part of speech is side-lever?
Side-lever is a noun.
What is the plural of side-lever?
The plural of side-lever is side-levers.

Words near side-lever in the dictionary

  1. side-hand
  2. side-handed
  3. side-handedly
  4. side-handing
  5. side-hands
  6. side-lever
  7. side-levers
  8. side-line
  9. side-lined
  10. side-lines
  11. side-lining

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