barber

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At 14:15 a gym class was in progress, a restaurant was preparing food, and a barber was mid-cut.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Early the following year, Raynella remarried David Leath, a local barber who, according to the News-Sentinel, was Ed Dossett’s best friend.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In 2023, he told the BBC a mole discovered by his barber during a haircut after a lockdown restriction was found to be malignant melanoma.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Gonzalez said he worked seven days a week as a barber during the summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

He took a room with three other men in a colored boardinghouse in Five Points and hung a shingle as a barber until he met the famous Eugene Wheeler.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead