haircuttery
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I've been taking my almost 7 yr. old son to the haircuttery near us for two yrs. now always asking for an older woman there who has a lot of patience and Andrew has been progressively better."
- "We have 2 boys (age 4 & 6). Getting them to even a walk-in haircuttery was a pain."
- "I assume you're talking about ISS. Well, I don't have an official answer, but wouldn't sending a pair of scissors along take care of the problem? It's been many years since I've been to a haircuttery -- the SO does a fine job with comb and scissors."
- "Anyhow, I've found tipping to be the rule both in modern-day unisex joints with names like "Hair Peace Simplex", as well as in old-style, Italian-American barbershops back in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the 1970s. I've never seen any haircuttery of any type where you WEREN'T expected to tip, except maybe for the dreaded Orderly With A Razor who visits your hospital room right before your hernia surgery."
- "That said, English words are ubiquitous in the place, and while the occasional inadertantly^([sic]) off-color reference is bound to happen, it's the misspellings and the absurdities that seem to make the most memorable Japlish. A haircuttery that flew a tricolor flag and called itself "Flance" was a personal favorite, as was the coffee shop that, in homage to Mr. Ellington, was named "Satan Doll.""
- "Streisand's new haircuttery might be known as Barbra Of Seville (Cynthia MacGregor)"
Etymology
From haircut + -ery.