What does "shaver" mean?
Shaver: One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift.
Additional senses
- 2.One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. By these shavers the Turks were stripped. Knolles.
- 3.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.
- 4.(Mech.) 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.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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