burnside
/ˈbəːnsʌɪd
/noun (usually burnsides)
A moustache in combination with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.But as the memory of General Burnside faded, the style became known as simply ‘burnsides,’ and soon an interesting linguistic flip-flop occurred....
- ‘I sport no such flaming burnsides,’ the ingrate is alleged to have shrieked.
- The facial hair term "sideburns" is a variant of "burnsides," named for U.S. Army Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, who wore such facial whisker adornment.
Origin
Late 19th century: named after General Ambrose Burnside (1824–81), American army officer.
- throw something down
- throw something in
- throw something off
- throw something on (or into) the scale
- throw something open
- throw something out
- throw something overboard
- throw something together
- throw something up
- throwster
- throw the baby out with the bathwater
- throw the book at
- throw up
- throw up one's hands
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- thrum
- thrummer
- thrummy
- thrush
- thrush nightingale
- thrust
- thrust bearing
- thrust block
- thruster
- thrust fault