"green shave" meaning in English

See green shave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: green shaves [present, singular, third-person], green shaving [participle, present], green shaved [participle, past], green shaved [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} green shave (third-person singular simple present green shaves, present participle green shaving, simple past and past participle green shaved)
  1. Alternative form of green-shave Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: green-shave
    Sense id: en-green_shave-en-verb-dBaXBaNW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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