mustachio

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)

Borrowed from the Italian dialectal mustaccio (from Neapolitan) or mustacchio, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Yes, he has too little mustachios. — Pamphlets and Parodies on Political Subjects, William Hone
Rawdon himself trembled, and his face grew purple behind his dyed mustachios. — Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
His beard and mustachios, which were also of this raven hue, fell to his girdle. — The Frozen Pirate, William Clark Russell

moustachio, handle-bars

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