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   Shaver (?), n.
   1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
   
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   2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper.  Swift.
   
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   3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
   
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   By these shavers the Turks were stripped. Knolles.
   
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   4. A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] “These unlucky little shavers.”
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   As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king. Dickens.
   
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   5. (Mech.) A tool or machine for shaving.
   
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   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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