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sideburns
side·burns [ sd bùrnz ]


plural noun 
Definition:
 
hair in front of ears: hair grown down the side of a man's face in front of his ears
[Late 19th century. Alteration of burnsides, after Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881), U.S. general]
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