beardage

noun

beardage

noun

Etymology From beard + -age.

1

Humorous, Slang The mass or volume of a beard.

Manhood does not go by age, or bulk, or beardage.1866, William Arnot, “Ourselves, and How to Make the Most of Them”, in Six Lectures Delivered In Exeter Hall, page 69:
Make sure you don't have to take a drug test the morning after East Van rock outfit Black Mountain brings its sludgy riffs and back-to-the-land beardage to the Commodore Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.2010 November 26, “Picks of the week”, in Vancouver Courier, page 37:

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Petrovitch scratched at the stubble on his chin. "Could never grow a proper beard. Now, Archie's? That was serious beardage. […]2013, Simon Morden, The Curve of the Earth, unnumbered page:

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