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
Why suffer the inconvenience of long hair when our own regimental tonsorial artist is waiting to bob it for you free of charge?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920 by Various
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
