MOUSTACHE
ADJECTIVES
► HYPORRHINED having a moustache → 1894
► MUSTACHIOED having a moustache, esp. a large one → 1820
NOUNS
► ALF A MO ► ARF A MO a small moustache → 1910s Aust. sl.
► COFFEE-STRAINER a bushy moustache → 1977 Amer. dial.
► COOKIE-DUSTER a moustache large enough to dust the top of a cookie while it’s being eaten → 1934 US jocular usage
► DOORMAT a moustache → M19 sl.
► FACE FINS a moustache, presumably a large one that protrudes on either side of the cheeks → L19 sl., orig. nautical usage
► FACE-FITTINGS a beard and/or moustache → 1904 Aust. sl.
► FACE FUNGUS male facial hair, i.e. a beard and/or moustache → 1904 colloq.
► FOOTBALL TEAM a very sparse moustache → 1984 UK sl.
► FUNGUS men’s facial hair; a moustache; a beard → 1904 jocular usage
► LIP-THATCH a moustache → 1892 jocular
► MATASH a moustache → 1898 Sc.
► MISPLACED EYEBROW a moustache → 1918 Amer. jocular
► MO a moustache → 1894 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MOOSH a moustache → 1960s sl.
► MOUSER a moustache → 1934 Amer. sl.
► MUSH BRUSH a moustache → Bk1947 Amer. sl.
► MUSH a moustache → 1967 sl.
► MUSSY ► MUZZY a moustache → 1975 sl.
► MUSTACHIO a moustache, esp. a large and luxuriant one → 1551 arch., humorous usage
► NAP a moustache, of which the two points form a long line that ‘cuts’ the face → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► NEWGATE-RING moustache and beard as one, without side whiskers → Bk1902 sl.
► PULL-DOWN the moustache that succeeded the ‘nap’ → c1870 society sl.
► PUSSY-TICKLER a moustache → 1940s sl., orig. African-American
► SOUP-STRAINER a long moustache → 1932 jocular usage
► ‘STACHE ► STASH a moustache → 1940 US sl.
► TACHE ► TASH a moustache → 1893 sl.
► TAZ a moustache → 1951 sl.
► TOOTH-BRUSH MOUSTACHE a bristly moustache → 1904 humorous
► WALRUS ► WALRUS MOUSTACHE a long thick moustache drooping at the ends → 1918 sl.
► WHIP (AND LASH) a moustache → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘tash’
NOUNS – PERSON
► BRUSH MUSH a fellow with a moustache → Bk1942 US sl.
► KATIE-BAIRDIE ► KATIE-BEARDIE a woman with a beard or moustache → 1959 Sc.
► MOUSTACHE a (usually formidable) man with a moustache → 1828 colloq.
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