whiskerando n.
a man who is heavily whiskered, by ext. a rake, a villain.
Morning Courier and N.-Y. Enquirer 23 Jan. 2/1: We have plenty of dandies, whiskerandoes, bloods, blockheads, rakes, and good-for-nothings. | ||
Ely’s Hawk & Buzzard (NY) 3 July 3/2: I have come to the determination not to admit either blackguards or whiskerardoes [...] as it injured the reputation of my establishment. | ||
Crim.-Con. Gaz. Dec. 119/2: Don Whiskerando as he is called, was betting with him. | ||
Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 1 Apr. 2/4: Don Whiskerando [...] had better take care of the Misses, otherwise Sally the bar maid will find him out. | ||
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 23 Aug. n.p.: That young whiskerando [...] has been blowing tremendously [...] on account of being in the Life. | ||
Adventures of Philip (1899) 237: The dumpy, elderly, square-shouldered, squinting, carroty whiskerando of a warrior who was laying about him so savagely. | ||
Criminal Life (NY) 19 Dec. n.p.: Whiskerando Randell, of Mose Pearson’s hash factory, had better [...] take his wife out of that brothel. |