SIDEBURN

sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers

(noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man’s face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

sideburn (plural sideburns)

singular of sideburns

Etymology 2

Noun

sideburn (uncountable)

(UK, smoking) The unwanted rapid burning down one side of a cigarette that has been ineptly rolled.

Anagrams

• Burdines, Burnside, Rubenids, burnside

Source: Wiktionary



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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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