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.) 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.]