sidewhiskers

Facial hair strips

Sidewhiskers are facial hair grown on the cheeks while the chin remains clean-shaven.

The style was fashionable in the nineteenth century and persists in various forms: mutton chops, sideburns, and dundrearies are all varieties of sidewhiskers.

His sidewhiskers gave him a distinguished Victorian look.

facialhair

sideburns

Cheek hair near ears

mustache · goatee · stubble · bristles · chinstrap · vandyke · imperial · fuzz · tuft · jawline

grooming

trimming

Cutting away excess

  • shavingRemoving hair with blade
  • razorBlade for removing hair
  • barberProfessional who trims locks

clippers · scissors · comb · styling · aftershave · precision · shaping · maintenance

vintage

victorian

Of 19th-century Britain

retro · classic · dapper · gentlemanly · distinguished · period · historical · heritage · traditional · bygone

Opposites
facial hair location/style

sidewhiskersclean-shaven

Having no beard

full beard · goatee · beardless · soul patch · mustache

Family

side, sides, sided, siding, sideway, sideways, sideward, sidewards, sidelong

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G