Moustache

A moustache (sometimes spelt mustache in the United States) is an outgrowth of hair above the upper lip.

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United States - Hair - Lip

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Most men with a normal or strong beard growth must tend it daily, by shaving the hair of the chin and cheeks, to prevent it from soon reverting to a full beard. This necessity has engendered the invention of quite a wide variety of accoutrements designed for the care of a gentleman's moustache, including moustache wax, moustache nets (snoods), moustache brushes, moustache combs and moustache scissors.

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Beard - Shaving - Chin - Cheeks - Full beard - Gentleman - Moustache wax - Snood - Brush - Comb - Scissors

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Historically, moustaches have been worn by military men and the number of nations, regiments and ranks were equalled only by the number of styles and variations. Generally, the younger men and lower ranks wore the smaller and less elaborate moustaches. As a man advanced in rank, so did his moustache become thicker and bushier, until he ultimately was permitted to wear an ever fuller beard. For a glimpse into this colourful and noble past, refer to the works of famous military artists.

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Military - Regiment - Rank - Military art

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An English moustache was formerly used in melodramas, movies and comic books as a shorthand indication of villainy. Snidely Whiplash, for example, was characterized by his moustache, his cape, and his habit of kidnapping women and then tying them to train tracks, in order to foreclose on their mortgages.

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Melodrama - Movies - Comic book - Villain - Snidely Whiplash - Cape - Kidnapping - Women - Train - Foreclose - Mortgage

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