Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shaver"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shaver \Shav"er\, n.
1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. --Swift.
3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
By these shavers the Turks were stripped. --Knolles.
4. A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] ``These unlucky
little shavers.''
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shaver
n 1: an adult male who shaves
2: a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty);
"she writes books for children"; "they're just kids";
"`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" [syn: {child},
{kid}, {youngster}, {minor}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler},
{tike}, {tyke}, {fry}, {nestling}]
3: a razor powered by an electric motor [syn: {electric shaver},
{electric razor}]
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