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View synonyms for shaver
shaver
[ shey-ver ]
noun
- a person or thing that shaves.
- an electric razor.
- Informal. a small boy; youngster.
- a fellow.
- a person who makes close bargains or is extortionate.
shaver
/ ˈʃeɪvə /
noun
- a person or thing that shaves
- Also calledelectric razorelectric shaver an electrically powered implement for shaving, having reciprocating or rotating blades behind a fine metal comb or pierced foil
- informal.a youngster, esp a young boy
- obsolete.a person who makes hard or extortionate bargains
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I have known him since I was a shaver, and never had a word from him upon the 'one thing needful,' except at church.
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Anne said she must get home to her baby: not the young shaver I saw; a little girl a month or two old.
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I'm agreeable; I know how to clean fish as well as the next one; used to do it for mother, when I was a little shaver.
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"Well, I hope the young shaver won't give his mother too much trouble," he said.
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As he clumsily tried to unfasten Shaver's hood, Mary pushed him aside and with shaking fingers removed the child's wraps.
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