subs. (colloquial).—A pair of whiskers cut sideways from the chin, and grown as long as possible. A fashion (now obsolete) suggested by Sothern’s make-up in Our American Cousin.
1882. T. A. GUTHRIE (‘F. Anstey’), Vice Versâ, ch. xvii. Bushy black whiskers, more like the antiquated DUNDREARY type than modern fashion permits.
