doormat beard en · NOUN
Meanings
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(dated, derogatory) A thick, dense, bushy, and coarse beard.
That showed what the Abbot was, besides being one of those bulging with importance barrel-bellied small men with an outsize in red doormat beards, which must have kept his face red-hot.
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| doormat beards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |