One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift.
One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. By these shavers the Turks were stripped. Knolles.
A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] "These unlucky little shavers." Salmagundi. As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king. Dickens.
A tool or machine for shaving. A note shaver, a person who buys notes at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.]
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