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sidewhiskers

sidewhiskers 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 sidewhiskers

What is sidewhiskers the alternative form of?
Sidewhiskers is the alternative form of side whiskers.

Words near sidewhiskers in the dictionary

  1. sidewheel
  2. sidewheeler
  3. sidewheelers
  4. sidewheels
  5. sidewhiskered
  6. sidewhiskers
  7. sidewind
  8. sidewinded
  9. sidewinder
  10. sidewindered
  11. sidewindering

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