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121close shave — noun something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin • Syn: ↑close call, ↑squeak, ↑squeaker, ↑narrow escape • Hypernyms: ↑accomplishment, ↑achievement * * * close shave, Informal. a …
122af|ter-shave — «AF tuhr SHAYV, AHF », noun, or after shave lotion, shaving lotion applied after shaving to soothe the skin …
123over-shave — ˈover shave U.S. A shave or drawing knife used by coopers for shaping the backs of barrel staves. in Knight Dict. Mech …
124Stock shave — Stock Stock (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem …
125upright shave — Upright Up right , n. 1. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of {Frame}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the… …
126Burma Shave{™} — a US make of cream used on the face when shaving. Between 1926 and 1963 the Burma Vita Company advertised it on a series of small signs along roads. Each sign in a group had a few words printed on it, and the whole group, read in sequence, formed …
127close shave — /klohs/, Informal. a narrow escape from serious danger or trouble: We weren t hit when the truck swerved at us, but it was a close shave. [1825 35, Amer.] * * * …
128after shave — [ ɑːftəʃeɪv, englisch], nach der Rasur. Aftershave das, (s)/ s, Aftershavelotion [ ləʊʃn] die, / s, Gesichtswasser zur Pflege der Haut nach der Rasur …
