mus|tache

mus|tache
mus|tache «MUHS tash, muh STASH», noun.
1. Also, mustaches. hair growing on a man's upper lip: »

with a meagre face, furnished with mustaches (Washington Irving).

2. hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal. Also, moustache.
[< French moustache < Italian mostaccio, and mostacchio < Medieval Latin mustacia < Greek mýstax, -akos upper lip, mustache]

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