tonsorial artist

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After a month with no income, and a few months after his second expensive illness in two years, the folksy, wisecracking tonsorial artist needed to get back on the job.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2017

Said one: "Those of us who rely entirely on shaves and haircuts for existence must be ranked with the village tonsorial artist who makes a sideline of pulling teeth."

From Time Magazine Archive

Several of us had gone under the transforming hands of this tonsorial artist, when Bob McIntosh got his turn.

From From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw by Dame, William Meade

There was also a tonsorial artist connected with the house, who was always there to curl a wig or put it on in good shape for the actors who needed such assistance.

From The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah by Lindsay, John S.

The "profile" was taken when I was sadly in need of the application of the scissors of the tonsorial artist.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George