different between mustache vs beaglepuss

English

(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?m?stæ?/
(Received Pronunciation, General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /m?s?t???/
Rhymes: -æ?

mustache (plural mustaches)

(US) Alternative spelling of moustache.
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

From Franco-American Novelty Company's brand name "Beagle Puss Disguise Kit", apparently from beagle +? puss (“face”)

beaglepuss (plural beaglepusses)

(uncommon) A novelty pair of horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, plastic nose, and bushy mustache, caricaturing Groucho Marx.

Send