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barber-shop
[barber n. 2.]
1. A shop where a barber's services may be had. Now chiefly N. Amer.
1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 30 Alehouses and Barbar-shops. 1872Mark Twain Innoc. Abr. xii. 82 We hunted for a barber-shop. 1916W. A. Du Puy Uncle Sam 55 His dark locks breathed forth odors of the lotions of cheap barber shops. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 26/9 (Advt.), Barber shop wanted to buy.
2. attrib.
1905Daily Chron. 25 Jan. 3/3 The portrait [sc. of Hawthorne] with which we are all familiar—a curled barber⁓shop head—gives no idea of the..charm of his face. 1931W. Faulkner Sanctuary iv. 36 Don't think I spent last night with a couple of your barber-shop jellies for nothing.
b. Designating music of simple or ‘close’ harmony, esp. for a male vocal quartet, or a musical ensemble playing or singing such music. Cf. barber's music (see barber n. 3). colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1910William Tracey (title) Play that barber shop chord. 1912W. Stevens Let. 26 Aug. (1967) 177 It was a chorus of barber-shop harmonies. 1926H. C. Witwer Roughly Speaking 302 The barber shop quartette harmonizers and moonlight necking parties on the boat deck. 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 205 The phrase ‘barber-shop chord’..denotes a chord of unusual succulence. 1947Penguin Music Mag. May 28 In his own work he [Tippett] has..taken away the barber-shop harmonies and substituted pure harmonies. 1956A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 90 That brass band, those mandolins and barber-shop ensembles. 1966Crescendo Nov. 13/2 Those guys play what they call a barbershop harmony. |