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goatee

Translation
goatee
goateed, adj.
/goh tee"/, n.
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
[1835-45, Amer.; GOAT (from its resemblance to a goat's tufted chin) + -ee, prob. as sp. var. of -Y2, -IE, though stressed as if formed with -EE]

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