whiskerandosn.
/wɪskəˈrandɒs//hwɪskəˈrandɒs/ humorous.
(More commonly in the form whiskerando, the -s being taken as sign of plural.) A (heavily) whiskered man.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > whiskers > person having
whiskerer1717
whiskerandos1807
1807 Sporting Mag. 29 179 The mustachio salute is not only sanctioned now by the dowagers of the whiskerando tribe, but even voted by the young smooth-lipped belles to be ‘funny enough’.
1831 J. Jekyll Let. 27 Dec. in Corr. (1894) ix. 287 To the great dismay of a whiskerandos, second brother of my lord.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) ii Some of these old whiskerandos, originally peasants, trained since boyhood in victorious armies,..could ill brook their change of circumstance.
Derivatives
whiskerandoed adj. /wɪskəˈrændəʊd//hwɪskəˈrændəʊd/ whiskered.
/wɪskəˈrændəʊd//hwɪskəˈrændəʊd/ whiskered.ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > whiskers
whiskered1769
whiskerandoed1838
whiskery1848
1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 227 To..what extravangances would the whiskerandoed macaronies of Bond Street..proceed, if the beard..were..to ‘make the man!’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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