Category: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." Salmagundi. As i have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, i am on a chase In the name of the king. Dickens.

5. (mech.)

Defn: 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.]