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burma shave

A widely popular innovative brand of shaving cream sold in a jar or tube so it could be put directly on the face without mixing with a cup and brush. Famous for it's highway advertising using consecutive signs with catchy verses.
(Burma Vita company, 1930's- 1960s)
"If harmony is...
The thing... You crave... Get a tuba... Burma Shave"

"Passing schoolyards... Take it slow... Let the little...Shavers grow...BurmaShave

"Shaving brush...All wet and hairy...Trade it in...For sanitary... BurmaShave
by teetiger October 20, 2008
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