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barbershop

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɑː^rbə^rʃɒp/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bär′bər shop′)

bar•ber•shop (bär′bər shop′),USA pronunciation n.

Also called,[esp. Brit.,] bar′ber's shop′. the place of business of a barber.
Music and Dancethe singing of four-part harmony in barbershop style or the music sung in this style.

adj.

Music and Dancespecializing in the unaccompanied part-singing of popular songs in which four voices move in close, highly chromatic harmony:a barbershop quartet.
Music and Dancecharacteristic of such part-singing.

barber + shop 1570–80

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barbershop /ˈbɑːbəˌʃɒp/ n

chiefly US the premises of a barber
(modifier) denoting or characterized by a type of close four-part harmony for male voices, popular in romantic and sentimental songs of the 1920s and 1930s: a barbershop quartet

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