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barbermonger

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A fop; a dandy.

obsolete

Examples

“Ile make⟳ a sop oth' Moonshine of you, you whoreson, Culyenly barbermonger, draw⟳.”
“Those who live⟳ in this century, have⟳ an invincible antipathy to every thing natural an original, and I call⟳ for nothing else in justification of this, than any girl of fifteen, and boy of twenty, within hearing of this place⟳--only look⟳ at the paint⟳ on her cheeks, and observe⟳ his dress, the poor girl stands trembling with cold, (nothing under heavens on but a little muslin hardly decent in appearance !) and he! an unmannerly barber-monger, has all her cloths stuffed into his 'neckerchief! Ah, young man, you need⟳ not try⟳ to stick⟳ your hair up, only look⟳ in the glass, and if it don't go up itself, I'm very much mistaken.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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