side whiskers

See also: sidewhiskers and side-whiskers

English

Alternative forms

• sidewhiskers, side-whiskers

Noun

side whiskers pl (plural only)

1. (dated) sideburns
   • 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:

     The first who entered was a little ribston-pippin of a man, with ruddy cheeks and fluffy white side-whiskers.

Related terms

• side-whiskered