sideburn

English

Etymology 1

Noun

sideburn (plural sideburns)

1. (uncommon) singular of sideburns

   His left sideburn was longer than the other one.

   • 2013, Benjamin Nugent, Good Kids‎^[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     “I don't have any money,” he said as she ran a hand down his sideburn through his beard.

Translations

sideburn — see sideburns

Etymology 2

From side +‎ burn.

Noun

sideburn (uncountable)

1. (UK, smoking) The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.

References

• “sideburn”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Burdines, Burnside, Rubenids, burnside