barbershop
Americannoun
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especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
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the singing of four-part harmony in barbershop style or the music sung in this style.
adjective
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specializing in the unaccompanied part-singing of popular songs in which four voices move in close, highly chromatic harmony.
a barbershop quartet.
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characteristic of such part-singing.
noun
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the premises of a barber
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(modifier) denoting or characterized by a type of close four-part harmony for male voices, popular in romantic and sentimental songs of the 1920s and 1930s
a barbershop quartet
Etymology
Origin of barbershop
Example Sentences
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In 2006, they opened a space in Silver Lake that functioned as a barbershop with a couple of record crates.
From Los Angeles Times
Styles said within a year or two of starting his barbershop, they’d started having issues with homeless people gathering in front of the business.
From Los Angeles Times
Saman says working illegally in a car wash, barbershop or mini-mart would have been very easy to do, but he told us he would never have done that.
From BBC
Baller amenities are said to include a bowling alley, recording studio, and barbershop.
From MarketWatch
As the years went by, the Carters purchased the building next door, turning it into a barbershop.
From Los Angeles Times
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