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  • "Huh! Don't you jump onto no little shaver's origin when you 'ain't got any too much to speak of yourself," the blacksmith commanded.

    Bruvver Jim's Baby Philip Verrill Mighels

  • Yanaki, meanwhile, having cleaned his platters, put his skewers in order, lit his fires, made his sherbets, and swept out his shop, went to the larder for some meat for the shaver's breakfast.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • "Yes, what's the little shaver's name?" echoed the teamster.

    Bruvver Jim's Baby Philip Verrill Mighels

  • Come, Little Alum, the shaver's friend, smartly to the rescue!

    The Perfect Gentleman Ralph Bergengren 1909

  • There are times when Little Alum, the shaver's friend, might well feel the sting of his own powerlessness.

    The Perfect Gentleman Ralph Bergengren 1909

  • And then, he exercises the shaver's prerogative and powders his face.

    The Perfect Gentleman Ralph Bergengren 1909

  • The old man had not set such store by learning as had Samson's father, and the little shaver's education ended, except for what he could wrest from stinted sources and without aid.

    The Call of the Cumberlands Charles Neville Buck 1904

  • "As for Montgomery, that little shaver's never had --"

    The Brass Bound Box Evelyn Raymond 1876

  • Then, exasperated, she took the young shaver's head under her arm and began pouring spoonful after spoonful of soup down his throat.

    Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • Then, exasperated, she took the young shaver's head under her arm and began pouring spoonful after spoonful of soup down his throat.

    Original Short Stories — Volume 12 Guy de Maupassant 1871

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