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"barber’s clerk" Definition

  1. an overdressed shopboy who apes the manners of, and tries to pass himself off as, a gentleman; a term of reproach applied not to an artisan but to one of those who, being below, assume airs of superiority over, handicraftsmen.

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Position in the dictionary: 101 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: barge, bark, barker, barking-iron, barn stormers, barnacles, barney, barrikin, bash, baste
Previous words in the dictionary: barber’s cat, bar, banyan-day, bantling, bank, bang-up, bang, bandy, banded, bandannah

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