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shaver


noun

  1. a person or thing that shaves.
  2. an electric razor.
  3. Informal. a small boy; youngster.
  4. a fellow.
  5. a person who makes close bargains or is extortionate.

noun

  1. a person or thing that shaves
  2. Also called: electric razor, electric shaver an electrically powered implement for shaving, having reciprocating or rotating blades behind a fine metal comb or pierced foil
  3. informal a youngster, esp a young boy
  4. obsolete a person who makes hard or extortionate bargains

n.“one who shaves,” early 15c., agent noun from shave (v.); sense of “fellow, chap” is slang from 1590s. Meaning “shaving tool” is from 1550s. Mad shaver (1610s) was 17c. slang for “a swashbuckler, roisterer.”

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