little shaver

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Linda Susan Agar, aged four months, posed for her first picture with mother Shirley Temple, 20, who not so long ago was a little shaver herself.

From Time Magazine Archive

They never knew it, but they were the grandfathers of a nominee for the Vice-Presidency of the U. S. The little shaver had something, right from the start.

From Time Magazine Archive

She died when quite young like, leaving him to me, a little shaver, and he’s been by me ever since.

From My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel by Loughborough, Mary Ann

I read a story once, when I was a little shaver, that kept me awake nights many a time.

From Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play by Thanet, Octave

Every little shaver this side of Illinois calls me ‘Uncle Abe,’ I reckon.

From The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn by Raymond, Evelyn