friseur

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Or shall we constitute him friseur to Tisiphone, and make him curl up her locks with his satires and libels?

From Dialogues of the Dead by Morley, Henry

Ah! my good cousin, my excellent Mrs. Betty, excuse me that my tyrant friseur prevents my rising to welcome you.

From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

There is Dick Wildfire being attired, with the aid of the friseur and the tailor, and under the sneering inspection of Sam Sharp, his Yorkshire valet, according to the latest Parisian fashions.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various

I determined to go into Italy, where there are Abbat�s with powdered wigs, and encouragement is yet afforded to an accomplished friseur.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

The friseur was engaged in this critical operation, and whole ranks of ladies stood round, one of them reading aloud one of Plutarch's Lives.

From Stray Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary