barbershop
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bərˌʃɒp noun
1.
Also called, especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
2.
the singing of four-part harmony in barbershop style or the music sung in this style.
adjective
3.
specializing in the unaccompanied part-singing of popular songs in which four voices move in close, highly chromatic harmony: a barbershop quartet.
4.
characteristic of such part-singing.
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| —n | |
| 1. | chiefly (US) the premises of a barber |
| 2. | (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 |
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Example sentences
Persons seeking permits to operate a salon or barbershop should contact their local health department.
But it does find voice in the barbershop or around the kitchen table.
Also, repair and reupholster barbershop waiting room chairs.
There was a fella who needed a haircut, so he went to the barbershop.
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