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barber's pole
noun
- a sign outside a barber's shop consisting of a pole painted with red and white spiral stripes
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Some were leaning back, getting a shampoo at the sinks in the shelterâs barbershop, where a striped lit-up barberâs pole spun outside the door.
Its first-floor storefront is marked with a barberâs pole, the classic symbol of male grooming.
Telltale signs of the shopâs vintage Americana aesthetic include an antique barberâs pole that rotates the classic red, white and blue stripes in the corner window, an 1890s carousel horse that is stabled in the childrenâs section and a collection of shaving mugs inscribed with customer names.
For a groomed aesthetic near the Colosseum, look for a striped barberâs pole and a tidy antique barbershop.
The rotation was evident through the striations and twisting updraft referred to as a barber's pole.
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