subs. phr. (obsolete).—See quot.

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  1879.  GREENWOOD, Outcasts of London. There were three fashions for whiskers when I was a child, and they were variously known as BLUE CHEEK, the whisker shaved off and leaving the cheek blue; “bacca pipe,” the whisker curled in tiny ringlets; and “touzle,” or whisker worn bushy.

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