handlebar mustache

noun

: a heavy mustache with long sections that curve upward at each end

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Simmons, donning his iconic handlebar mustache and American flag road champion’s jersey, was seen at the front of the peloton nearly every day for three weeks. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 July 2025 No President since has cultivated a beard in office; the last with any facial hair—a sportive handlebar mustache—was William Howard Taft, who left the White House in 1913. Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025 Once again, the guest cast is superb: Bill Camp, sporting a magnificent handlebar mustache, is gloriously gruff as Wall Street power broker J.P. Morgan, who joins George in his railroad scheme. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 June 2025 The lefty slugger, with his black handlebar mustache and double wristbands, had a career renaissance in New York Yankees pinstripes, hitting .305 with 15 home runs and a 1.138 OPS in 47 games before a foul ball off the foot ended his regular season in August. Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for handlebar mustache

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of handlebar mustache was in 1896

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“Handlebar mustache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handlebar%20mustache. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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