Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Barber

Every barber knows that

“Omnibus notum tonsoribus.” Horace: 1 Satires, VII. 3.

In Rome the tonstrinæ or barbers' shops were the fashionable resort of loungers and idlers. Here every scandal was known, and all the talk of the town was repeated.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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