sourdough beard

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a full beard grown on the occasion of some festivity, such as the 60th anniversary of the Yukon gold-rush, the Klondike Days in Edmonton, etc.

Quotations

1958

. . . the men have been busily engaged growing "sourdough" beards.