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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--vandyke This week's theme: words related to beards. Vandyke or Van Dyke or vandyke (van dyk) noun A short, pointed beard. [After painter Anthony Van Dyck or Vandyke (1599-1641) who painted portraits of people having these v-shaped beards.] A painting by Anthony Van Dyck showing a vandyke. Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "And, a young man with a Van Dyke and kinte cloth shorts was Dirt Devil-ing the floor around a mannequin in one of the few windows in which mannequins were dressed." Frank DeCaro; Barneys Countdown: It's Retailing, Not a Revolution; Newsday (New York); Sep 8, 1993. "The Van Dyke, however, is shaped like a V and comes to a sharp point. It usually, but not always, has a mustache with it, suitable for twirling." Jim Kershner; Is it Too Late to Jump on Goatee Trend?; The Spokesman Review (Spokane, Washington); Jun 15, 1996. X-Bonus My greatest skill has been to want but little. -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

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