shaver

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shav·er | \ ˈshā-vər

Definition of shaver

1 : a person who shaves

2 archaic : one who swindles

3 : a tool or machine for shaving especially : an electric razor

4 : boy, youngster

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Synonyms for shaver

Synonyms

boy,
boychick
(or boychik),
boyo
[Irish],
callant
[chiefly Scottish],
lad,
laddie,
nipper,
shaveling,
sonny,
stripling,
tad,
youth

Examples of shaver in a Sentence

when he was just a shaver back in the old days when my dad was just a little shaver

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