Burnside and Sideburns

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Burnside 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).

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Sideburns and burnside are semantically related. in beard topic. In some cases you can use "Sideburns" instead a noun "Burnside".

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Burnside and sideburns are semantically related. You can use "Burnside" instead a noun "Sideburns".

In an era of flamboyant facial hair, Ambrose Burnside managed to stand out so much that to this day theyre called sideburns.

Source: Useful Notes / The American Civil War
For added humor, Homer was playing Ambrose Burnside, inventor of the sideburns.

Source: War Reenactors

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