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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: burnsides type of beard in which the chin is shaved, from Ambrose Burnside (1824-81), U.S. general who wore such a beard

sideburns

 noun
     
Related topics: Hair and Beauty
side‧burns [plural]
DCB hair grown down the sides of a man's face in front of his ears
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