Meaning of midshave | Babel Free

Definitions

During a shave.

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Examples

“Rumors abound of a ghost who haunts the third dining room, which purportedly was once a barber shop⟳ where a local mobster was cut⟳ down midshave.”

““What did he say⟳? The barber.” / “Not a word. He stopped midshave, straight-blade razor in his hand, and he went to his cabinet and got them for me.[…]””

“There was just one slight wrinkle: The best-known justice of the peace was also the town barber. That meant that barbershop customers were often pressed into service as witnesses to a short-notice marriage ceremony, sometimes standing up for a couple midshave.”

““Okay,” I say⟳, “I guess⟳ we can put⟳ it on the credit card, but I can’t take⟳ it in tomorrow morning because I have⟳ a banana job.” / This stops him midshave.”

“And then at 1:00 a.m., as if a switch⟳ had been flipped, the night turned to a sea of flame. Addison stood midshave, transfixed by the sight.”

“I needed to quickly establish⟳ what kind of character the gunman was. To do so, I came up with a scene in a barbershop, where an enemy attacks the main character midshave.”

“Dom Denario caught Cotton’s eye in the reflection of the pocket-sized mirror that hung on the cinderblock wall. A pit-stained, stretched-out undershirt struggled to contain⟳ his fat belly (only doing so with the help⟳ of black suspenders), while globs of shaving cream adhered to his face⟳ like⟳ melted marshmallows. He stopped what he was doing, midshave.”

“THE TENTATIVE KNOCK⟳ on his door made Gabe pause, midshave.”

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