The "soul patch"

[Wilson Gray]

On Jun 20, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Bill Lemay wrote:

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> I've always known it as an "imperial".
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Doesn't the imperial reach below the chin? What I have - and know no
real name for - is a mere tuft of whiskers  covering an area about the
size of a thumbnail below my lower lip,

-Wilson Gray