soup-strainer

soup-strainer

slang A mustache, especially a bushy one that covers one's upper lip. Refers to the way the hairs tend to get in the way when one consumes a liquid, such as soup. My girlfriends always says she wants me to shave my soup-strainer, but I've grown so fond of it over the years. He came out of No-Shave November with a pretty awesome soup-strainer.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

soup-strainer

n. a mustache. Jerry had a big bushy soup-strainer that he was very proud of.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • 1FTR
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • give head
  • give somebody their head
  • give someone their head
  • cooking for one
  • (one) could use (something)
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WITH his soup-strainer moustache and thick dark hair, he looks more like a South American revolutionary than a a Cabinet minister-in-waiting.
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