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Meanings of shaver in English

Portuguese
jovem
Catalan
xaval
Spanish
criatura
Wikidata

A young person of either sex.

      jovem
      Portuguese
      barbeador
      Catalan
      màquina d'afaitar

      A razor powered by an electric motor.

            barbeador
            Usage of shaver in English
            1
            The man groaned and said the young shaver had done for him.
            The Secret Passage
            2
            I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.
            Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
            3
            You wouldn't like to see the shaver starting off for India, Nellie?
            Carl and the Cotton Gin
            4
            He sold that business off to return to the electric shaver.
            Wired
            5
            The shaver was actually a scanning device used to detect bugs.
            American assassin
            6
            The zone of thermal penetration was non-existent for the shaver and scalpel groups.
            Pubmed
            7
            Then I accidentally dropped my electric shaver, breaking it against the bathroom floor.
            Pressure
            8
            A money shaver with a conscience would soon be poorer than his clients.
            Wise or Otherwise
            9
            Why, when I was here before he was nothing but a little shaver.
            Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier
            10
            Stand by, my shaver, and cast your cock-eye on this bit of rag.
            Boycotted, and Other Stories
            11
            I've seen the little shaver playing around his daddy's boat many a time.
            The Airplane Boys among the Clouds; Or, Young Aviators in a Wrec...
            12
            Oh, long ago, sir, when I was a little bit of a shaver.
            Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
            13
            It broke my heart when I was a little shaver.
            The Master-Knot of Human Fate
            14
            I knew that he was remembering the little shaver he'd left twenty years back.
            Short Stories of Various Types
            15
            Somehow, you'd expect him to be a more meticulous shaver.
            The Guardian
            16
            He was a shaver when he first hit this country.
            Burning Daylight
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            Shaver through the time
            Shaver across language varieties
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