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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for June 8, 1999
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Dundrearies [n. DUN-drir-eez]
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Dundrearies are long, flowing sideburns worn with a clean-shaven chin,
similar to the shorter cut known as "mutton chops" or "burnsides."
They were popular in England in the mid-1800's, where they were also
known as "Picadilly weepers" or "Newgate knockers." The word is
always plural, and it's often capitalized, since it originated as a
proper name.
The name for this particular style of facial hair was introduced in a
play, "Our American Cousin" by Tom Taylor, featuring a bumbling but
good-natured character named Lord Dundreary, who sported the long,
flowing sideburns. That play is perhaps best known as the one being
watched by Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated.
Some bearded fellows wearing mutton chops (and aspiring to
Dundrearies):
http://www.geocities.com/~texastache/sideburn.htm
More about facial hair styles:
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jec3/FacialHair.htm
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