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haircuttery

haircuttery noun: a haircutter’s shop.

Noun

haircuttery (countable and uncountable, plural haircutteries)

  1. (countable, informal, uncommon) A haircutter’s shop.
    • I've been taking my almost 7 yr. old son to the haircuttery near us for two yrs. now always asking for an older woman there who has a lot of patience and Andrew has been progressively better.1997 February 25, CLAIREKURT, “haircut help”, in bit.listserv.autism (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026
    • We have 2 boys (age 4 & 6). Getting them to even a walk-in haircuttery was a pain.1997 March 27, Qframe, “kids haircuts at home?”, in misc.consumers.frugal-living (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026
  2. (informal, rare, uncountable) Haircutting.
    • Since my son was 2 he has always been afraid of haircuts. He cries and stiffens-up^([sic]) like we are hurting him. We tried haircuttery places but that doesn't work. So my husband and I clip his hair into a crew cut so we don't have to worry about cutting it for a while.1997 January 12, Cristina M Dongieux, “Scared of Haircuts”, in bit.listserv.autism (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026
    • Jeez, just go to the beauty parlor if you want to read the sleazy tabloids, for heaven's sake! NOT the trendy haircuttery place at the local Promenade, the place where the over forty soccer moms go to get their poodle-dos! They have them all. I'm not responsible for what you look like when you...1997 February 28, DeeTigress, “Star Tabloid”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026

Examples of haircuttery in a sentence

  • It's been many years since I've been to a haircuttery -- the SO does a fine job with comb and scissors.1998 December 22, Allen Thomson, “ISS Crew question...”, in sci.space.shuttle (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026:
  • I've never seen any haircuttery of any type where you WEREN'T expected to tip, except maybe for the dreaded Orderly With A Razor who visits your hospital room right before your hernia surgery.1999 March 21, Bob Roberds, “tips for haircut”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026:
  • A haircuttery that flew a tricolor flag and called itself "Flance" was a personal favorite, as was the coffee shop that, in homage to Mr.2000 May 17, Eric Holeman, “Are Adult/Teen Sexual Relationships Appropriate?”, in soc.motss (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr...
  • Streisand's new haircuttery might be known as Barbra Of Seville (Cynthia MacGregor)2000 October 21, Stan Kegel, “"Puns of the Weak" 10/20/00”, in alt.callahans (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026:

Forms of haircuttery

pluralhaircutteries

Origin of haircuttery

From haircut + -ery.

Questions about haircuttery

What does haircuttery mean?
Haircuttery means a haircutter’s shop.
How do you use haircuttery in a sentence?
It's been many years since I've been to a haircuttery -- the SO does a fine job with comb and scissors.
What part of speech is haircuttery?
Haircuttery is a noun.
What is the plural of haircuttery?
The plural of haircuttery is haircutteries.

Words near haircuttery in the dictionary

  1. haircuts
  2. haircutted
  3. haircutter
  4. haircutteries
  5. haircutters
  6. haircuttery
  7. haircutting
  8. haircuttings
  9. hairdo
  10. hairdoed
  11. hairdon't

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haircuttery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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