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☆ side·burns (-bʉrnz′)

plural noun

  1. burnsides
  2. the hair on a man's face, just in front of the ears, esp. when the rest of the beard is cut off

Etymology: reversed < burnsides

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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