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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a pole with red and white spiral stripes; -- usually found outside a barbershop.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A type of sign used by barbers, most traditionally a pole with a helix of red and white stripes, in the US including blue, sometimes moving.

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