barber's itch

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The street was delighted when he contracted the barber's itch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then there is a man going blind with what The Suicide calls "the barber's itch."

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, one may catch venereal diseases, smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, chicken pox, mumps, bolls, body lice, ringworm, barber's itch, dhopie itch, and some other diseases.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training by United States War Department

At present almost everything ails him, save possibly barber's itch and the h. and m. disease that helped make Niles famous.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)

A pill the doctor gives you if you are suffering with corns or barber's itch or any disease at all.

From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy