barber chair

or barber's chair

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noun

a chair used by barbers, adjustable in height and having an adjustable headrest, back, and footrest.

English Furniture. a corner chair having a solid splat extending above the toprail to form a headrest.

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Origin of barber chair

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words nearby barber chair

barbell, barbellate, barbeque, barber, Barbera, barber chair, barber college, barberite, barber pole, barberry, barberry family

How to use barber chair in a sentence

While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.
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She added: “NBC News is proud to have David in the important anchor chair of ‘Meet the Press.’ ”
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Still fearful and smarting from the pain, I arrived on time and was led to chair in his office.
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In our screenings, he always sits in the same corner chair and always looks hopeful, no matter what the movie.
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For a large fee, you could be pushed down the boardwalk on a rolling wicker chair by a black worker.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
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The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
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She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
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He noticed at the same time several burnt matches between his cushions and her chair.
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