Meaning of moustachy | Babel Free
Examples
“As a class they are suspiciously well dressed, moustachy, coarse featured, fond of gay colored vests, dangling fob chains and big seals.”
“I don’t like⟳ parsons; especially the country moustachy ones, and their poor dowdy wives, with coats and skirts and then a hardbrimmed hat with a feather on the top.”
“How different would the greatest teen musical of all time have⟳ been if one of the many other actors considered for Tony had got the part? Let⟳ us consider⟳, for a moment . . . Anthony Perkins? Nah . . . too psycho. Burt Reynolds? Too moustachy.”
“Martin’s kisses were so hurried and moustachy and bristly—you couldn’t feel⟳ his lips, even—and unemotional.”
“He gave each of his sisters a fleeting and moustachy kiss, and sat down at the breakfast table.”
“IT drew her to him for a second and saluted her with a long-drawn, moustachy kiss.”
“And he leant forward⟳ to give⟳ her a moustachy kiss.”
“Fridolin Müller (Ernst Tautenhayn), the little Hamburg million-heir, and his veiled sweetheart Midili (Luise Kartousch) meet⟳ in duet (‘Als fromme Tochter des Propheten’), discuss⟳ smoking in duet (‘Ihr süssen Zigaretten’) get⟳ engaged and have⟳ their first moustachy kiss in duet (‘Fridolin, ach wie dein Schnurrbart sticht’), get⟳ a little more familiar in duet (Schnucki-Duett), and calm Hamburger papa with thoughts of grandchildren in a trio (‘Papachen, Papachen’), each a sprightly song-and-dance.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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