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Facial hair style
A
pencil moustache
is a thin
moustache
found adjacent to, or a little above the lip.
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The style is neatly clipped, so that the moustache takes the form of a thin line, as if it had been drawn using a
pencil
. A large gap is left between the nose and the moustache. The line of facial hair either breaks across the
philtrum
, or continues unbroken. In some versions, the line of hair extends vertically along the outside of the philtrum before stopping just below the nose, leaving the philtrum unbridged.
Notable persons who have worn pencil moustaches
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Popular culture
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The actors
Bud Abbott
,
Errol Flynn
,
David Niven
,
Clark Gable
,
Don Ameche
,
J. K. Simmons
and
Leslie Phillips
all had pencil moustaches. Musicians such as
Little Richard
,
Sammy Davis Jr.
,
Prince
,
George Benson
,
Dave Wyndorf
,
Chris Cornell
and
Ron Mael
have been associated with the look.
Jimmy Buffett
's 1974 song "
Pencil Thin Mustache
" is a nostalgic celebration of his childhood when such mustaches were more common.
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