side-lever

English

Noun

side-lever (plural side-levers)

1. (Australia, obsolete) Sideburn.
   • 1934, Brian Penton, chapter 2, in Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch:

     In the Byronic fashion of the period the hair falls into a curling side-lever on each cheek.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia‎^[1], New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 212:

     Riding Misanthropy was test of manhood enough for Tim. What if the fellow cleaned his teeth and reamed his nails and wore side-lever whiskers?

   • 1938 July 7, John E. Bennett, “Dr William Hobbs”, in The Central Queensland Herald‎^[2], Rockhampton, QLD:

     He was […] clean shaved with the exception of very short reddish side lever whiskers.