soup-strainer

soup-strainer
noun
slang for a mustache
Syn: ↑toothbrush
Usage Domain:
slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular
Hypernyms: ↑mustache, ↑moustache

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