barbery
noun
bar·bery
\ˈbärbərē\
Definition of barbery
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: the craft of a barber a fashionable dentist … who seems to have graduated from barbery to dentistry — Harvey Graham
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Origin and Etymology of barbery
Middle French barberie, from barbier barber (from barbe beard, from Latin barba) + -ie -y
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