Mustachio
[mәs'tɑ:ʃiәu]
Definition
(noun.) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth).
Checked by Lemuel--From WordNet
Examples
- Oh, ah, why--give you fair warning--look out, you know--that's all, said the mustachio-twiddler. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Rawdon himself trembled, and his face grew purple behind his dyed mustachios. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- One was fat, with mustachios, and the other was lean and long, in a blue frock-coat, with a brown face and a grizzled head. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Let's have a game at billiards, one of his friends said--the tall one, with lacquered mustachios. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But she remembered that her brother Southdown had mustachios, and smoked cigars, and submitted to the Baronet with a tolerable grace. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When we find him again, his mustachios and the title of Colonel on his card are the only relics of his military profession. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Bon voyage, as they say, and take my counsel, and shave off them mustachios, or they'll bring you into mischief. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He should have tried mustachios and a pair of military trousers, my dear,' said the Jew. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Edited by Guthrie