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Definition of Haircutting
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haircutting
Literary usage of Haircutting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Kastamuni to Kedos: Being a Record of Experiences of Prisoners of War by Leonard Woolley (1921)
"haircutting On our arrival at ... haircutting became a matter of urgency. On the
one hand, it was very difficult to get leave to go into the town, ..."
2. What I Saw in America by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1922)
"Let us suppose that great social reform, The Compulsory haircutting Act, ...
The Compulsory haircutting Act is thus in every way a compact and convenient ..."
3. Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Creteby Kevin Glowacki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan by Kevin Glowacki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan (2008)
"Perhaps immediately after the initial haircutting, which included shaving of most
of the scalp and the sideburn areas, select girls acted as crocus ..."
4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"... Folk-Lore Society, ii Ba-Lauti: implements of, 279 Balder:deathof, 164;
deathship,494 Baldness: caused by Monday haircutting, Ireland, ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Whilst they were walking, whom should they light upon but poor Orlando Crump, my
successor in the perfumery and haircutting. " Orlando ! ..."
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