barbershop

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Compound of barber + shop.

Shasteen, Clifton Owner of barbershop in Vol. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
Billfinger stepped to the door to call a carriage, and then the doctor said: “Well, the guide goes with the barbershop, with the billiard-table, with the gasless room, and may be with many another pretty romance of Paris. — The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain
After looking over the balance sheet and shares outstanding, I suggested they divest a couple of unpromising consumer divisions--namely a "male fragrance" line that made you smell like a kid leaving the barbershop, and a "feminine hygiene" product that could have been a patent infringement on Lysol--and use the proceeds to buy back their own common shares. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover

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