A word for the day:
Long flowing sideburns.
[After the bushy sideburns worn by actor Edward A. Sothern who played the part of Lord Dundreary in the play Our American Cousin (1858), written by Tom Taylor (1817-1880). This was the play being performed at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC during which Abraham Lincoln was shot.]
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/05/dundrearies/216726/
