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shaver

[ shey-ver ]

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.


shaver

/ ˈʃeɪvə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that shaves
  2. Also calledelectric razorelectric 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shaver1

1375–1425; late Middle English; shave, -er 1; compare chip off the old block

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Example Sentences

I have known him since I was a shaver, and never had a word from him upon the 'one thing needful,' except at church.

Anne said she must get home to her baby: not the young shaver I saw; a little girl a month or two old.

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.

"Well, I hope the young shaver won't give his mother too much trouble," he said.

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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