sideboards
Sideboards is the chiefly British term for what Americans call sideburns — the strips of facial hair grown down the sides of the face in front of the ears.
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Yeah, I have two sideboards. That's where we keep the boardgames and DVDs and shit laying around when I gotta speed clean for company. The other's full of craft supplies. The Hutch with the big glass disco windows? I…
They just need to let sideboards in commander instead of the crazy tangle of rules to not have it.
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Sideboards is the chiefly British term for what Americans call sideburns — the strips of facial hair grown down the sides of the face in front of the ears. The term is common across the UK and reflects the British preference for this naming over the American 'sideburns.' The word conjures strong visual images of the Victorian and Edwardian era, when extravagant sideboards were fashionable, though the term covers all modern variants from subtle stubble strips to full mutton chops.
He was growing his sideboards out and thought they made him look distinguished; his flatmates disagreed.
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(chiefly, British) Sideburns.
“Yeah, I have two sideboards. That's where we keep the boardgames and DVDs and shit laying around when I gotta speed clean for company. The other's full of craft supplies. The Hutch with the big glass disco windows? I could write a whole novel around it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“They just need to let sideboards in commander instead of the crazy tangle of rules to not have it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, UK) Having sideburns.
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An Australian obsolete slang term for sideburns — the strips of facial hair grown along the sides of the face. The 'lever' element possibly refers to the way sideburns project from the side of the face, or may be a humorous mechanical metaphor. Largely replaced by 'sideburns' and 'mutton chops' in modern usage.
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(Australia, obsolete) Sideburn.
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