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To: martin_fierro

Thanks for sharing the photo, martin_fierro.

I am trying to check the veracity of the legend that sideburns were named after Gen. Burnside.


12 posted on 03/24/2008 4:07:48 PM PDT by indcons
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To: indcons
I am trying to check the veracity of the legend that sideburns were named after Gen. Burnside.

Fwiw, "burnsides" and "Burnside whiskers" are often found in post-War fiction and nonfiction.

25 posted on 03/24/2008 5:37:43 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Everything is either willed or permitted by God, and nothing can hurt me." Bl. Charles de Foucauld)
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