barber's blockn.

Brit.

/ˈbɑːbəz blɒk/,

/ˌbɑːbəz ˈblɒk/, U.S.

/ˈbɑrbərz ˌblɑk/,

/ˌbɑrbərz ˈblɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: barber n., block n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of barber n. + block n.¹

1. A rounded block on which wigs are made and displayed. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > equipment

blockhead1549

barber's block1688

wig-blocka1745

poupée1804

?1685 Consolatory Epist. to D. T. O. 3 Your Head, on a Stall, like a Barber's Block, looks something bald and singular.

1750 Hist. Charlotte Summers I. ii. i. 224 They forsooth, must lay such Restraint upon our merry Features, that we must not move them, but keep them as steady as a Barber's Block.

1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 256 A barber's block for supporting wigs.

1909 W. Ray tr. H. Mann Little Town i. 22 Nonoggi, the hairdresser, intervened... He was holding a barber's block.

1951 K. Clark Piero della Francesca 53 In this drawing, and in practically all the other illustrations, the head is reduced to the bald essentials of a barber's block.

2016 R. Blake Skin & Bone (e-book ed.) He glowered and gave a small snort before snatching up his wig from the head-shaped barber's block that stood beside the chair.

2. In extended use (humorous or depreciative).

†a. The head. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun]

nolleOE

headOE

topa1225

copc1264

scalpa1300

chiefc1330

crownc1330

jowla1400

poll?a1400

testea1400

ball in the hoodc1400

palleta1425

noddle?1507

costard?1515

nab?1536

neck1560

coxcomb1567

sconce1567

now1568

headpiece1579

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mazardc1595

cockcomb1602

costrel1604

cranion1611

pasha1616

noddle pate1622

block1635

cranium1647

sallet1652

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nob1699

crany?1730

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noggin1769

napper1785

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coco1828

cobbra1832

coconut1834

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nut1841

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twopenny1859

chump1864

topknot1869

conk1870

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bonce1889

crumpet1891

dome1891

roof1897

beanc1905

belfry1907

hat rack1907

melon1907

box1908

lemon1923

loaf1925

pound1933

sconec1945

nana1966

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. v. 95 Were I no to take better care of the wood than you, brother, there would soon be no more wood about the town than the barber's block that's on your own shoulders.

1842 J. H. Sealy Porcelain Tower 197 The fashionable Ou-Rang-Ou-Tang was submitting his barber's block to the lather and cold steel of the easy-fingered Chin.

b. A man who is well-groomed or good-looking but whose appeal is mitigated by vanity, lack of intelligence, etc.; (sometimes more generally) a stupid or dull person. Cf. clothes-horse n. b. Now rare.

1821 Westmorland Gaz. & Kendal Advertiser 13 Jan. What a barber's block that fellow must be, who does not perceieve [sic], that the closer he shaves, the more the impression of the razor is felt.

1875 E. Lynn Linton in Illust. London News 15 Dec. 14/1 ‘The influence too, that it will certainly have on your sisters' marriages—’ ‘No, not to men worthy of the name of men—men, not barbers' blocks—men, not coxcombs!’

1923 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. 269 Good-looking—good-looking—a girl doesn't want a barber's block. What does that sort of young man who works in an office every day know of life?

1959 Sphere 23 May 270/1 As an undergraduate at New College, he was famous for his neatness—there was never a hair out of place... Yet he was anything but a barber's block. At Oxford he gained a double first.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	barbers block
释义	barber's blockn. Brit. /ˈbɑːbəz blɒk/, /ˌbɑːbəz ˈblɒk/, U.S. /ˈbɑrbərz ˌblɑk/, /ˌbɑrbərz ˈblɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: barber n., block n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of barber n. + block n.¹ 1. A rounded block on which wigs are made and displayed. Now chiefly historical. ΘΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > wig-making > equipment blockhead1549 barber's block1688 wig-blocka1745 poupée1804 ?1685 Consolatory Epist. to D. T. O. 3 Your Head, on a Stall, like a Barber's Block, looks something bald and singular. 1750 Hist. Charlotte Summers I. ii. i. 224 They forsooth, must lay such Restraint upon our merry Features, that we must not move them, but keep them as steady as a Barber's Block. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 256 A barber's block for supporting wigs. 1909 W. Ray tr. H. Mann Little Town i. 22 Nonoggi, the hairdresser, intervened... He was holding a barber's block. 1951 K. Clark Piero della Francesca 53 In this drawing, and in practically all the other illustrations, the head is reduced to the bald essentials of a barber's block. 2016 R. Blake Skin & Bone (e-book ed.) He glowered and gave a small snort before snatching up his wig from the head-shaped barber's block that stood beside the chair. 2. In extended use (humorous or depreciative). †a. The head. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] nolleOE headOE topa1225 copc1264 scalpa1300 chiefc1330 crownc1330 jowla1400 poll?a1400 testea1400 ball in the hoodc1400 palleta1425 noddle?1507 costard?1515 nab?1536 neck1560 coxcomb1567 sconce1567 now1568 headpiece1579 mazer1581 mazardc1595 cockcomb1602 costrel1604 cranion1611 pasha1616 noddle pate1622 block1635 cranium1647 sallet1652 poundrel1664 nob1699 crany?1730 knowledge box1755 noodle1762 noggin1769 napper1785 garret1796 pimple1811 knowledge-casket1822 coco1828 cobbra1832 coconut1834 top-piece1838 nut1841 barnet1857 twopenny1859 chump1864 topknot1869 conk1870 masthead1884 filbert1886 bonce1889 crumpet1891 dome1891 roof1897 beanc1905 belfry1907 hat rack1907 melon1907 box1908 lemon1923 loaf1925 pound1933 sconec1945 nana1966 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. v. 95 Were I no to take better care of the wood than you, brother, there would soon be no more wood about the town than the barber's block that's on your own shoulders. 1842 J. H. Sealy Porcelain Tower 197 The fashionable Ou-Rang-Ou-Tang was submitting his barber's block to the lather and cold steel of the easy-fingered Chin. b. A man who is well-groomed or good-looking but whose appeal is mitigated by vanity, lack of intelligence, etc.; (sometimes more generally) a stupid or dull person. Cf. clothes-horse n. b. Now rare. Π 1821 Westmorland Gaz. & Kendal Advertiser 13 Jan. What a barber's block that fellow must be, who does not perceieve [sic], that the closer he shaves, the more the impression of the razor is felt. 1875 E. Lynn Linton in Illust. London News 15 Dec. 14/1 ‘The influence too, that it will certainly have on your sisters' marriages—’ ‘No, not to men worthy of the name of men—men, not barbers' blocks—men, not coxcombs!’ 1923 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. 269 Good-looking—good-looking—a girl doesn't want a barber's block. What does that sort of young man who works in an office every day know of life? 1959 Sphere 23 May 270/1 As an undergraduate at New College, he was famous for his neatness—there was never a hair out of place... Yet he was anything but a barber's block. At Oxford he gained a double first. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.?1685
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