barbers

Among the Greeks, barbers’ news was a proverbial expression; and Horace, in one of his epistles, makes honourable mention of the Roman barbers in the same light.

IV. Containing One of the Most Bloody Battles, or Rather Duels, That Were Ever Recorded in Domestic History. Book II 1917

Now I understand better that one simply should not place any trust in barbers!

Race Relations in Practice 1958

While thus taking their ease, they often call their barbers, who tenderly grip and beat upon their arms and other parts of their bodies, instead of exercise, to stir the blood.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

Hazrat Jan, 30, terms the barbers 'unanimous decision to stop shaving men's beards following militants' threats as "unacceptable".

Officials Promoting Terrorism in Pakistan'sTribal Areas 2007

Next door to the barbers is the newspaper office, where a large and noisy printing press churns out the Newcastle Evening Chronicle in the late afternoon and the journal in the morning.

Broken Music, A Memoir Sting 2003

While the tribal communities taught human beings essential skills, from distinguishing between edible and poisonous roots to designing hunting instruments, the barbers are the earliest protectors of health, and the leather workers the first scientists whose work the author says is "a fascinating process of converting something into something."

The Hindu - Front Page 2010

Next to ones docotr, couturier the optrican comes in close maybe just as close as ones hair stylist, the guys used to be called barbers or hairdressers, or as Grand mamam always says …, I'm off to the haute coiffure!

On the Runway 2009

These ads promoted the sale of army rations, stoves, and services such as barbers and the latest theatrical production.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Most African American men worked in service sector jobs such as barbers, tubmen, and chimney sweeps which white society deemed "black work."

Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006

In the next room the naked herd were confronted by four 'barbers' armed with electric clippers and rubber gloves who proceeded to clip them smooth.

The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967