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SHAVER,

A cunning Shaver; A subtle, smart Fellow. He shaves close; He gripes, squeezes, or extorts very severely.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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SHAM
SHAMBLE-Legg'd
SHAPPEAU
SHARPER
SHARPERS-Tools
SHAVER
SHAVINGS
SHE-Napper
SHOP
SHOP-Lift
SHOPT

Nearby:

Shaver in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).