barbershop
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adjDefinition of BARBERSHOP
: of a style of unaccompanied group singing of popular songs usually marked by highly conventionalized close harmony
Origin of BARBERSHOP
from the old custom of men in barbershops forming quartets for impromptu singing of sentimental songs
First Known Use: 1910
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