little shaver

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little shaver

A term of endearment for a baby, toddler, or young child. I remember when you used to come to these games as a little shaver with your dad. Hey Bill! How's fatherhood treating you? Is the little shaver keeping you up at night?
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little shaver

Rur. 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.
See also: little
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Yes, my youngster; so that in that country you'd be toddling after your mammy yet, and that old chap yonder, who looks about fifty, would only be a little shaver of four and a half.
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And I, a little shaver of seven, my heart in my mouth, my trembling body strung tense as a deer's on the verge of flight, peered wonderingly in at the open door and learned more of the strangeness of men.
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I like a bed and a minibar and a little shaver point.
THE MILD ONES
When he was a little shaver, my wife's youngest brother accidentally fell atop a cow while "tightrope walking" the top rail around the corral.
In praise of cattle: how different the world would be without cows heading home to the barn
The painting Little Shaver, 2005, stuck with me all year.
The artists' artists: to take stock of the past year, Artforum contacted an international group of artists to find out which exhibitions were, in their eyes, the very best of 2005
Lemon-parsley butter (see "Just a Little Shaver," page 218)
Weekend chicken
It is always a marvel to watch it transform during Advent--a sacred holiday symbol of little shavers, dreams and prayers sprouting like the rod of Jesse, the growth so real you can measure it with a ruler, which I always do.
The important thing is to keep planting and not give up
Road run: Mustaches will be the order of the day when Willamalane holds its Must-Dash 1K and Little Shavers Fun Run on Feb.
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