"point shave" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: point shaves [present, singular, third-person], point shaving [participle, present], point shaved [participle, past], point shaved [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} point shave (third-person singular simple present point shaves, present participle point shaving, simple past and past participle point shaved)
  1. Alternative form of point-shave Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: point-shave
    Sense id: en-point_shave-en-verb-mZWKkrL7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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