subs. (American university).—See quot.

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  18[?].  Yale University Magazine [A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant]. A pun in the elegant college dialect is called a RAZOR, while an attempt at a pun is styled a sick RAZOR. The sick ones are by far the most numerous; however, once in a while you meet with one in quite respectable health.

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  2.  (common).—In pl. = aerated waters; SOBER-WATER (q.v.).

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  PARLOUR-FULL OF RAZORS. See PARLOUR.

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