- little shaver
- little shaverRur. a child; a baby. •
I think the little shaver needs her diaper changed.
•Tom thinks his grandson is the cutest little shaver there ever was.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
little shaver
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Shaver — Shav er, n. 1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. [1913 Webster] By these shavers the Turks were stripped … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shaver, you young — ‘Hurry up, you young shavers, you’ll be late,’ says a man in Border Country, by Raymond Williams. ‘Ain’t shaving quite yet, Mr Price,’ replies one of the boys to whom ‘shaver’ was applied. ‘Shaver’ could at one time be applied to a man of any… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Shaver, Dorothy — (1893 1959) Born in Arkansas, Shaver entered the world of retailing in the 1920s with her sister by creating dolls known as Little Shavers. The dolls popularity prompted the then president of Lord & Taylor to hire her. In 1932, she established … Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
little fellow — Synonyms and related words: Cockney, Everyman, John Smith, a nobody, a nothing, average man, bairn, bourgeois, cherub, child, chit, cipher, common man, commoner, darling, dummy, figurehead, innocent, insignificancy, jackstraw, kid, kitten, lamb,… … Moby Thesaurus
shaver — n. 1. Barber. 2. Sharper, cheat. 3. Wag, joker. 4. Youngster, child, little fellow, boy. 5. Robber, plunderer, extortioner, pillager … New dictionary of synonyms
A note shaver — Shaver Shav er, n. 1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. [1913 Webster] By these shavers the Turks were… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Richard Sharpe Shaver — The June 1947 issue of Amazing Stories featuring the Shaver Mystery Richard Sharpe Shaver (October 8, 1907 Berwick, Pennsylvania – c. November 1975 Summit, Arkansas) was an American writer and artist. He achieved notoriety in the years following… … Wikipedia
The Brave Little Toaster (film) — Infobox Film name = The Brave Little Toaster rating = G caption = director = Jerry Rees producer = Willard Carroll Donald Kushner Thomas L. Wilhite writer = Thomas M. Disch (book and story) Brian McEntee (story) Joe Ranft (story) narrator =… … Wikipedia
boy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lad, youth. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lad, youth, youngster, young man, schoolboy, stripling, fellow, master, cadet, whippersnapper, son, male child, junior, little gentleman, tad, little guy*, small… … English dictionary for students
child — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See youth. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. boy, girl, kid*, baby, newborn, infant, nestling, toddler, tot, preschooler, moppet, preteen, youth, adolescent, teenager, youngster, daughter, son, grandchild,… … English dictionary for students
boy — [n] young man buck, cadet, chap, child, dude*, fellow, gamin, guy, half pint*, junior, lad, little guy*, little shaver*, master, punk*, puppy*, runt*, schoolboy, shaver*, small fry*, sonny*, sprout*, squirt*, stripling, tadpole*, whippersnapper* … New thesaurus
