barbershop quartet

noun

: a group of four male singers who sing in an old-fashioned style without instruments

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Instead, there was a giant chrysalis while a barbershop quartet sang the schedule out for 48 seconds. — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 15 May 2026 The Osmonds started as a barbershop quartet group in the late 1950s. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026 The afternoon will include a marching band, barbershop quartet and student history presentations in the gazebo area of the side landscape of the historic Kaske Home. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026 He, Wayne and brothers Merrill and Jay formed a barbershop quartet that began performing in 1958 for their Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for barbershop quartet

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