friseur
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Ah! my good cousin, my excellent Mrs. Betty, excuse me that my tyrant friseur prevents my rising to welcome you.
From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte Mary Yonge
She was teaching a Highland dance to a graceful cavalier in white silk breeches, flowered satin waistcoat, and most choicely powdered periwig, fresh from the friseur.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
"This holy saint was my friseur" said the king, laughing.
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
The friseur was engaged in this critical operation, and whole ranks of ladies stood round, one of them reading aloud one of Plutarch's Lives.
From Stray Pearls by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Happy the friseur who in Delia's hair, With licensed fingers uncontrolled may rove; And happy in his death the dancing bear, Who died to make pomatum for my love.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
Indeed, friseurs were the rule in France, and she was not unused to male attendants at the toilette, so that she was not shocked at being left to his care.
From A Modern Telemachus by Charlotte Mary Yonge
