barber's itch
barber's itch noun: any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving.
Noun
barber's itch (uncountable)
- Any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving.
- A rather curious case was a gentleman who had been afflicted for many years with a very sore upper lip. . . . So sore had it become, that it was one great scab. In vain had he counseled the most eminent physicians, all of whom pronounced it "Barber's Itch".1863 November 10, “The Lower-Canada Gold Mines”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Aug 2013
- "You can shave as close as you want an' no more close than you want. Barbers can't do that. Every once an' awhile they get my face sore. . . . We've ben boobs all these years, Bert, runnin' the chances of barber's itch."1913, Jack London, chapter 5, in The Valley of the Moon
Forms of barber's itch
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Questions about barber's itch
- What does barber's itch mean?
- Barber's itch means any of a number of sorts of rashes or skin eruptions in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by fungal or staphylococcal infections or by irritation from shaving.
- What part of speech is barber's itch?
- Barber's itch is a noun.
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