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sideburns

[sahyd-burnz] / ˈsaɪdˌbɜrnz /




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An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2025

With sideburns and the sharpest mod feather cut, he even looked good in Lycra.

From BBC May 13, 2025

However, he redeems himself as an administrator by writing impenetrable new rules on the size of officers’ sideburns and mustaches.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2025

“Lauren is sure she doesn’t know what Gladstone’s sideburns looked like. What did Gladstone do? How racist was he? Does she have a problematic cat? This is perhaps not her most pressing issue.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2024

Red, too, were the Fu Manchu mustache and the long sideburns.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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