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☆ burn·sides (bʉrn′sīdz′)

plural noun

a style of beard with full side whiskers and mustache, but with the chin cleanshaven

Etymology: after Ambrose Everett Burnside

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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