1. Long, drooping side whiskers that extend down the cheeks, popular in the 19th century.
Usage: Usually plural; archaic/historical fashion term; Named after Lord Dundreary, a character in the play 'Our American Cousin' (1858)

Examples

• Victorian gentlemen often wore dundrearies as a sign of respectability and fashion.
• The actor's dundrearies were so long they nearly touched his shoulders.
• In old photographs, many men displayed impressive dundrearies as part of their formal appearance.
• The character's exaggerated dundrearies became iconic in 19th-century theater.
• He grew out his dundrearies to match the historical costume for the period drama.