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side-whiskers

side-whiskers is the alternative form of side whiskers.

Meaning of side whiskers

Noun

side whiskers pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-only) sideburns
    • The first who entered was a little ribston-pippin of a man, with ruddy cheeks and fluffy white side-whiskers.1904 February 27, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Black Peter”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC

Questions about side-whiskers

What is side-whiskers the alternative form of?
Side-whiskers is the alternative form of side whiskers.

Words near side-whiskers in the dictionary

  1. side-walk
  2. side-wheel
  3. side-wheeler
  4. side-wheelers
  5. side-whiskered
  6. side-whiskers
  7. side-wife
  8. sidea
  9. sideache
  10. sideaches
  11. sideal

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