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barber

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A barber (from the Latin barba , " beard ") is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men's and boys' hair. A barber's place of work is known as a "barber shop" or a "barber's". Barber shops are also places of social interaction ...

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Population (2000): 5307 Housing Units (2000): 2740 Land area (2000): 1134.112529 sq. miles (2937.337841 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.098189 sq. miles (5.434284 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1136.210718 sq. miles (2942.772125 sq. km) Located within: Kansas ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barber \Bar"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbered (b[aum]r"b[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Barbering .] To shave and dress the beard or hair of. --Shak.

Usage examples of barber.

Nothing but the purely apocryphal speculation that the dead barber might have threatened Angelo with his razor and that the witnesses might possibly have drawn somewhat upon their imaginations in giving the details of their testimony.

Jones now returned in order to dress himself, while his dinner was preparing, and was, according to his orders, attended by the barber.

There are many traditions and old charters and somethings attached to the barbering trade.

His bathing completed, a fifth Kalmyk entered the chamber, this one bearing with him the basin, razors, shears, and other paraphernalia of the barber, plus a chest of cour bouilli slung over his shoulder.

Sergeant Hoster along with the bodies of Scout Buel Hitch and the barber whose shop was by the west gate.

I noticed that Le Duc as head man made Costa wait upon her, but I got over him by telling my sweetheart that he would have the honour of doing her hair, as he could do it as well as the best barber in Paris.

I was but merely saying that when we reach the lodge wherein I am making my headquarters in this principality, you will be provided all your immediate needsservants to bathe you, the services of my barber, who also happens to be a fair to middling leech, cupper, and drawer of teeth, clothing and accouterments commensurate with your true rank and station, and, do you give me your parole, weapons.

He parted with her on Springfield Avenue, and dragged Dopey, squatting sidewise, into the barber shop.

Distant cities asked the reason of that appearance, and the cunning fakir interpreted it, and the fervent dervish expounded from it, and messengers flew from gate to gate and from land to land in exultation, and barbers hid their heads, and were friendly with the fox in his earth, because of that light.

On the edge of the plateau stands Barbe Barber, the Institute of Medical Meditation, an elaborate and ancient building in the grand fifty-first epoch manner, as fugal as Angkor Wat, as uncompromising as the Lunar Enterventual.

As always when Gerund met her here, he was conscious of how Gyro, as she came down those steps, had to force her mind out from the cloister of Barbe Barber back into the external world.

The young Gid Planish, back in Adelbert College, had frequented the shop of an aged German barber, which smelled of bay rum and cigarsmoke and peace.

Astylus was now of the first doune, but his Gnatho, that was his name, had sometimes tryed the Barbers tooles.

Her wavy locks of rich brown were borne that night, by the careful hand of Mrs Bruce, to Rob Guddle, the barber.

When we had resumed our seats in the coach, the advocate made some remark upon the impudence of barbers in general.