"playoff beard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: playoff beards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} playoff beard (plural playoff beards)
  1. (US, Canada, sports) A beard grown by members of a sports team as a sign of unity or good luck during the postseason. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Beards, Sports Translations (beard grown during postseason): pudotuspeliparta (Finnish), playoff-parta (Finnish), slutspelsskägg [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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