SIDE-WHISKERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does side-whiskers mean? 

• SIDE-WHISKERS (noun)
  The noun SIDE-WHISKERS has 1 sense:

1. facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)

  Familiarity information: SIDE-WHISKERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDE-WHISKERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

burnside; mutton chop; side-whiskers; sideburn

Hypernyms ("side-whiskers" is a kind of...):

facial hair (hair on the face (especially on the face of a man))

 Context examples 

With a snarl of contempt he turned upon his heel, and I saw his curved back and white side-whiskers disappear among the throng.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was a good-sized man, this Brummell, with a long, fair face, light brown hair, and slight sandy side-whiskers.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

About five ft. seven in. in height; strongly built, sallow complexion, black hair, a little bald in the centre, bushy, black side-whiskers and moustache; tinted glasses, slight infirmity of speech.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two gentlemen were awaiting us in the station—the one a tall, fair man with lion-like hair and beard and curiously penetrating light blue eyes; the other a small, alert person, very neat and dapper, in a frock-coat and gaiters, with trim little side-whiskers and an eye-glass.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One of the largest stalls bore the name of Breckinridge upon it, and the proprietor a horsey-looking man, with a sharp face and trim side-whiskers was helping a boy to put up the shutters.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A minute later we heard steps upon the stairs, and an elderly red-faced man with grizzled side-whiskers was ushered in.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)