shaver

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈʃeɪvə/

Noun

obsolete slang colloquial

One who shaves. / A barber, one whose occupation is to shave. / A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor. / (slang, obsolete) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.

Japanese Meaning

髭剃りをする人。特に理髪師としての意味もある。 / 理髪師。 / 髭を剃るための道具や機械、例えば電気シェーバー。 / (古い俗語) 極端な値切り交渉をする人。

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The shaver carefully trimmed the stray hairs around the neck.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

髭を剃る人は首の周りのはみ出した毛を注意深く整えた。

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Sense（1）

One who shaves.

Sense（2）

A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.

Sense（3）

A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.

Sense（4）

(slang, obsolete) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.

The shaver is an honest friendly man as before: he has a good deal to do to smother his Welsh fire, which, you know, he has in a greater degree than some would imagine. He posts himself a good part of the year in some warm house, wins the ladies money at ombre, and convinces them, that they are highly obliged to him.

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Sense（5）

One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.

By these shavers the Turks were stripped.

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Sense（6）

(colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.

"Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen," said the sergeant, "but as I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver" (which he hadn't), "I am on a chase in the name of the King, and I want the blacksmith."

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shavers

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