Sideburns

Sideburns (also known as "sideboards") are facial hair in front of the ears. They were originally called burnsides, probably after General Ambrose Burnside. His hairstyle, commonly known as mutton-chops or "chops" (see also Chops), connected thick sideburns via the mustache but left the chin clean-shaven.

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Sideburns may end at mid-ear level; they may end at the earlobe; or they may extend downward and follow the jawline, nearly meeting at the chin. They can be slender or wide, clipped closely or allowed to grow bushy. They can end in points, or bluntly, and be either cut squarely or flared wide, following the hairline on the upper cheek. They can be worn alone, or in combination with a mustache or a goatee. However, when they extend from ear to ear via the chin, the sideburns are merely part of the beard, and thus are not known as such.

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Indigenous men of Mexico, who shave their heads and wear their sideburns long, as well as Colombians, who wear their sideburns long and typically do not have any other facial hair, are said to be wearing balcarrotas.

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Facial hair: Facial hair is a secondary sexual characteristic in human males. Most men develop facial hair in puberty....

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Ambrose Burnside: Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23,1824 – September 13, 1881) was a railroad executive, an industrialist, and a politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he was defeated in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg,...