General Ambrose Everett Burnside from the Union Army wore side whiskers with a moustache, while shaving the hair on his chin. This style was known as Burnside's. The word then became burnsides, and then sideburns. Ambrose Burnside, a Union General during the civil war, sported a ustache and interesting sidebar whiskers (hair grown down in front of the ears). This style of hair was so distinctive that his name became attached to these whiskers. But there was a catch! The two syllables of his last name were reversed, and sideburn (not Burnside) became the name of these whiskers. Elvis Presley, the 1950s-1970s rock and roll legend, wore sideburns. Before long, many men were growing sideburns to look like Elvis. Too bad that even with (or without) sideburns, they could not perform as well as Elvis.
Civil War General Ambrose Burnside (USA) grew his facial hair so that it covered the sides of his face and connected to his moustache, but not his chin or neck. The style adopted his name, and eventually became known as "sideburns".
American civil war general ambrose burnside had an extravagant mustache with connecting sideburns which together were called a burnside
but the sideburns separately were called sideburns to distinguish them from a full burnside
They're named after the U.S. Civil War General, Ambrose Burnsides.
Named after the American Civil war General Burnside, but have been popular throughout history. The words have been reversed as it seems to say
The English translation of the Tagalog word "patilya" is "sideburns."
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One can usually get sideburns trimmed when one has a haircut but one can easily keep them trimmed with a trimmer or razor. First comb the sideburns, then trim the sideburns in a downward motion.
You are probably thinking of sideburns- named after General Burnside.
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The English man grew his beard to downwards , which lead to the term sideburns.
sideburns are called 'des pattes' (legs) or 'des rouflaquettes' in French.
Words that rhyme with "sideburns" include adjourns, returns, concerns, and overturns.
lol if u can't grow them you can buy them!
General Ambrose Everett Burnside from the Union Army wore side whiskers with a moustache, while shaving the hair on his chin. This style was known as Burnside's. The word then became burnsides, and then sideburns.
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Kevin JonasKevin Jonas Has the best sideburns...No one can ever have better sideburns then Kev.♥♥JB 4EVA♥♥_______________________________________________________________________http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/04/10-greatest-sideburns-in-world.HTML Go to this site to find the best sideburns don't listen to that Jonas brothers idiot. I only kept that Jonas crap of a comment up to show how stupid people are.I agree. Really? When you hear 'sideburns' you shouldn't think 'Jonas Brothers!'Some people that actually have talent with sideburns are as follows:David Tennant (From Doctor Who)James Roday (From Psych)(Please add more)