Word: shaving
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...compared to the cold-blooded fraud perpetrated on us at the bank. Here for cashing all checks that are not indorsed by the Steward a deduction of almost one half per cent is made, and for this no excuse is offered. It is understood to be merely a "shave," without the slightest pretence of right or justice on its side. It was suggested, in defence of the bank, that New York exchange was not as valuable to them as money in Cambridge. This would be very strange, and a case without parallel; but this defence, poor...