as in stylist
a person who cuts and arranges hair
went to the barber to get his hair cut and his beard trimmed
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In the days leading up to Election Day, activists from national and local civic engagement groups stopped by barber shops, attended church services and visited college campuses across the state encouraging Georgians to vote.
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
In 2022, the two opened a barber shop in Buffalo’s Elmwood Village.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
There were roughly four million tipped workers in the U.S. in 2023 — including restaurant servers, bartenders, barbers, taxicab and rideshare drivers and hairdressers — representing only 2.5% of the total workforce, according to the Yale Budget Lab, a non-partisan policy research center.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
In some barber shops, that didn’t go over too well.
—Leonard Greene, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
In 2022, the two opened a barber shop in Buffalo’s Elmwood Village.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
There were roughly four million tipped workers in the U.S. in 2023 — including restaurant servers, bartenders, barbers, taxicab and rideshare drivers and hairdressers — representing only 2.5% of the total workforce, according to the Yale Budget Lab, a non-partisan policy research center.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
In some barber shops, that didn’t go over too well.
—Leonard Greene, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Barber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barber. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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