shavern.
/ˈʃeɪvə/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪvər/ 1. One who shaves with a razor.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > one who beautifies the hair > one who shaves or is shaved
shaverc1425
shavee1826
wet shaver1976
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 652/9 Hic rasor, shawere.
1483 Cath. Angl. 333/2 A Schaver, tonsor, barbitonsor (vbi Barbwre A.).
1592 [see sense 3a]. 1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy ii. 31 Shall I fetch a Barbour..? He..has not been vnder the Shauers hand almost these foure yeeres.
1777 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1904) II. 125 Sir, of a thousand shavers, two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xix. 234 The bird-fancier was an easy shaver also, and a fashionable hair-dresser also.
1906 B. Capes Loaves & Fishes 165 And any shaver [will tell you], that his razor, after maltreating..one side of his face, will repent.
2. † a. One who pillages or plunders; an extortioner. cunning shaver n. a swindler, sharper.
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the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who
wringera1300
askera1325
extortionerc1375
exactor1382
scaffer?a1513
shaver1534
caterpillar1541
bloodsucker?1555
suck-purse1586
griper1587
extortor1590
exacter1596
extorter1605
barathrum1609
wreather1648
shark1713
vampire1741
bleeder1846
flayer1865
extortionist1885
Shylock1894
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]
feature14..
frauderc1475
prowler1519
lurcher1528
defrauder1552
frauditor1553
taker-upc1555
verserc1555
fogger1564
Jack-in-the-box1570
gilenyer1590
foist1591
rutter1591
crossbiter1592
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
cheater1606
foister1610
operator1611
fraudsman1613
projector1615
smoke-sellera1618
decoy1618
firkera1626
scandaroon1631
snapa1640
cunning shaver1652
knight of industrya1658
chouse1658
cheat1664
sharper1681
jockey1683
rooker1683
fool-finder1685
rookster1697
sheep-shearer1699
bubbler1720
gyp1728
bite1742
swindler1770
pigeon1780
mace1781
gouger1790
needle1790
fly-by-night1796
sharp1797
skinner1797
diddler1803
mace cove1811
mace-gloak1819
macer1819
flat-catcher1821
moonlight wanderer1823
burner1838
Peter Funk1840
Funk1842
pigeoner1849
maceman1850
bester1856
fiddler1857
highway robber1874
bunco-steerer1875
swizzler1876
forty1879
flim-flammer1881
chouser1883
take-down1888
highbinder1890
fraud1895
Sam Slick1897
grafter1899
come-on1905
verneuker1905
gypster1917
chiseller1918
tweedler1925
rorter1926
gazumper1932
chizzer1935
sharpie1942
sharpster1942
slick1959
slickster1965
rip-off artist1968
shonky1970
rip-off merchant1971
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces iii. sig. T.2 I woll not speke of murderers,..theues, pollers & shauers in this place.
1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London vi. sig. F1v A shauer of yong Gentlemen, before euer a haire peepe out of their chinnes: and these are Vsurers.
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox vi. 111 This bred a suspition..that they were some cunning Shavers that intended to surprise them.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shaver, a Cunning Shaver, a subtil, smart Fellow.
1726 D. Defoe Hist. Devil (1822) 272 The Devil is a cunning shaver.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Shaver, a cunning shaver, a subtle fellow, one who trims close, an acute cheat.
1806 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 5) i. 4 A shaver of farthings from the poor sixpenny pay of his own brave soldiers!
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 242 Those scribes for collectors close shavers.
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang (at cited word) ‘He's a shaver’; said of one who charges high for his goods.
b. U.S. (See quot. 1860.)
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > use of bills of exchange > one dealing in bills of exchange > discounter
discounter1707
shaver1813
note-shaver1816
discount house1832
discount broker1863
bill-discounter1866
1813 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 199 This..the States have..alienated to swindlers and shavers, under the cover of private banks.
1819 H. McMurtrie Sketches of Louisville 124 in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) [The operation of discounting] affords fine sport to shavers.
1837 N. Hawthorne Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe in Twice-told Tales 164 As he's a real shaver, I'll have the minister..for an endorser.
1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Shaver... This word, in the United States, is applied to money brokers, who purchase notes at more than legal interest. Banks, when they resort to any means to obtain a large discount, are also called shavers, or shaving banks.
3. in extended use.1892 in S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon Pref. p. ix A North Devon Colonel of Militia on seeing a hare jump up..exclaimed: ‘There 'e go'th, bwoys! a lashing gert shaver!’† b. mad shaver: a roysterer. Obsolete.
a. = ‘Fellow’, ‘chap’; also, a humorous fellow, joker, wag. Now commonly of a youth, with the epithet young, little; the wider application seems to be now only dialect.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun]
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werec900
rinkeOE
wapmanc950
heOE
wyeOE
gomeOE
ledeOE
seggeOE
shalkOE
manOE
carmanlOE
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mother sona1250
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mister mana1325
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man of mouldc1330
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sergeant?a1400
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her1488
masculinea1500
gentlemana1513
horse?a1513
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child1551
dick1553
sorrya1555
knavea1556
dandiprat1556
cove1567
rat1571
manling1573
bird1575
stone-horse1580
loona1586
shaver1592
slave1592
copemate1593
tit1594
dog1597
hima1599
prick1598
dingle-dangle1605
jade1608
dildoa1616
Roger1631
Johnny1648
boy1651
cod1653
cully1676
son of a bitch1697
cull1698
feller1699
chap1704
buff1708
son of a gun1708
buffer1749
codger1750
Mr1753
he-man1758
fella1778
gilla1790
gloak1795
joker1811
gory1819
covey1821
chappie1822
Charley1825
hombre1832
brother-man1839
rooster1840
blokie1841
hoss1843
Joe1846
guy1847
plug1848
chal1851
rye1851
omee1859
bloke1861
guffin1862
gadgie1865
mug1865
kerel1873
stiff1882
snoozer1884
geezer1885
josser1886
dude1895
gazabo1896
jasper1896
prairie dog1897
sport1897
crow-eater1899
papa1903
gink1906
stud1909
scout1912
head1913
beezer1914
jeff1917
pisser1918
bimbo1919
bozo1920
gee1921
mush1936
rye mush1936
basher1942
okie1943
mugger1945
cat1946
ou1949
tess1952
oke1970
bra1974
muzhik1993
the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]
frumberdlingc1000
young manOE
childc1225
hind1297
pagec1300
youtha1325
fawnc1369
swainc1386
stripling1398
boy1440
springaldc1450
jovencel1490
younkera1522
speara1529
gorrel1530
lad1535
hobbledehoy1540
cockerel1547
waga1556
spring1559
loonc1560
hensure1568
youngster1577
imp1578
pigsney1581
cocklinga1586
demy1589
muchacho1591
shaver1592
snipper-snappera1593
callant1597
spaught1598
stubble boy1598
ghillie1603
codling1612
cuba1616
skippera1616
man-boy1637
sprig1646
callow1651
halflang1660
stubbed boy1683
gossoon1684
gilpie1718
stirraha1722
young lion1792
halfling1794
pubescent1795
young man1810
sixteener1824
señorito1843
tad1845
boysie1846
shaveling1854
ephebe1880
boychick1921
lightie1946
young blood1967
studmuffin1986
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > one who
wag1584
shaver1592
wagship1607
lick1725
nickum1804
practical joker1830
leg-puller1887
1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta ii. iii. E Itha... I can cut and shaue. Bar. Let me see, sirra, are you not an old shauer? Ith. Alas, Sir, I am a very youth.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. ii. 264 Locke and Hudson, sleepe you quiet shauers, among the shauings of the presse.
1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 39 Such iollie shauers haue I knowne..to sit vp all night,..quaffing and swilling at the Tauerne.
1635 T. Cranley Amanda 37 Thou art..not coy..To try the courage of so young a shaver.
1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour v. iii. 144 Say'st thou so, old shaver?
1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iii. i. 26 Who wou'd imagin now that this young shaver cou'd dream of a Woman so soon?
1786 R. Burns Poems 84 There, Him at Agincourt wha shone, Few better were or braver; And yet, wi' funny, queer Sir John, He was an unco shaver For monie a day.
1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone ix I have known him since I was a shaver.
1887 W. Besant World went very well Then I. ii. 43 Forty-five years ago I was just such a little shaver as this.
1899 J. Lumsden Edinb. Poems & Songs 25 Grahame, Campbell, Pollok, Burns, and Tannahill Are worth ten shiploads o' sich shavers still!
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] > noisy or riotous
revellerc1405
roister1549
roisterkin1553
care-away1576
roister-doister1592
mad shaver1611
roarer1622
wassailer1637
scourer1672
roisterer1684
tear-rogue1685
howler1875
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Enfant Enfant de la mate, a ruffin, backster, swash-buckler, swaggerer, mad shauer.
a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq4v/1 Leo [old soldier]. Here's a mad shaver, He fights his share I am sure... Lieu. I learn'd it of my betters.
a1642 W. Bedell in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1651) 63 Erasmus going abroad somewhat early one morning, was met in a narrow lane by a company of madde shavers.
1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 62 My Mother's a mad-shaver, No man alive knowes where to have her.
4. One who shaves hoops; more fully hoop shaver.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others
bell-hanger1540
powder monkey1670
articulator1798
universalist1801
sander1854
gummer?1881
shaver1885
wire-cutter1888
knacker1890
radiologist1905
groundhog1926
dogman1948
1885 St. James's Gaz. 2 Jan. 6/1 The chief shaver whistles as he brings his blade down a strip of hazel with a hiss.
5.
a. A shaving instrument or tool. Now esp. a small electrical appliance with a set of blades working against a perforated guard.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > shaving or paring
shavec825
shave-hook1432
paring-iron1491
spokeshave1510
shaving-knife1530–1
shaver1558
parer1573
stock-shave1794
inshave1875
over-shave1875
travisher1929
scratch stock1934
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > razor
razorc1300
shaving-iron1352
shaving-knife14..
shaver1558
dry shaver1937
straight-edge razor1972
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 114v Fynally, with the saied shaver, or sharp yron, make the sayed pypes or conduites holowe.
1592 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 252 ij cheshels and a shaver.
1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. xiii. sig. Q3 As when a carpenter cuts downe a tree,..He pareth all the barke most cunningly, With the sharp shauer of his kniues abuse.
1648 Hexham Een Schaejken, a small Shaver, or a chiping Axe.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een schrabber, a Rasour, or a Shaver.
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 111/3 A little gem and a dandy shaver, no better steel put in a razor.
1924 Punch's Almanack for 1925 3 Nov. p. xxviii/1 (advt.) The Wilkinson safety shaver with hollow-ground blades is the ideal..gift for men.
1960 N. Mitford Don't tell Alfred xviii. 193 ‘What do you pack?’ ‘Shavers—you know, razors.’
1980 R. Moody Devil you Don't iii. 33 He..took out his shaver and toothbrush.
b. A shaving machine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for removing flesh or hair
fleshing-iron1547
pilling knife1688
grainer1839
slicker1852
worker1860
scraper1865
beaming machine1874
beaming-tool1874
flesher1885
slater1885
shaver1897
1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xvii. 255 With this improved cutter cylinder the Rood shaver is able to shave the best quality skins.
6. colloquial. = shavecoat n. at shave v. Compounds.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > for wear at home > garment resembling
shaver1926
shavecoat1964
1926 H. Pearson Whispering Gallery vii. 106 At a big meeting of hospital directors he turned up..in..un~business-like colours. One of the directors whispered to another: ‘He'll be coming in his ‘shaver’ next.’
Compounds
shaver point n.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > socket > for shaver
razor plug1957
razor point1959
shaver socket1965
shaver point1971
1971 Fremdsprachen 15 145/1 Shaver point, Trockenrasiersteckdose.
1977 Western Morning News 30 Aug. 10/4 (advt.) Good-sized kitchen; radios, shaver points, &c. all bedrooms.
shaver socket n. a power point for an electric shaver.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > socket > for shaver
razor plug1957
razor point1959
shaver socket1965
shaver point1971
1965 Newnes Practical Householder Encycl. III. 1329/1 The shaver is operated from a special shaver socket unit.
1978 Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 19/2 (advt.) Strip lights with shaver sockets.
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