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barber itch

barber itch is the alternative form of barber's itch.

Meaning of barber's itch

Noun

barber's itch (uncountable)

  1. 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

Questions about barber itch

What is barber itch the alternative form of?
Barber itch is the alternative form of barber's itch.

Words near barber itch in the dictionary

  1. barber chair
  2. barber chaired
  3. barber chairing
  4. barber chairs
  5. Barber County
  6. barber itch
  7. barber paradox
  8. barber pole
  9. barber pole effect
  10. barber pole effects
  11. barber pole illusion

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