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burnside

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Noun

  1. A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.

Proper noun

  1. Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones: A suburban area of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6260).
  2. Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones: A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  3. Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones: An industrial suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
  4. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a burn (stream), or in any of the Scottish towns.

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