shaving brush

noun

a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.

First recorded in 1830–40

It wasn't the spare sponge; it wasn't the extra shaving-brush; it wasn't the second pair of bedroom slippers.

A soft brush like a shaving-brush is more convenient than the sponge.

As no shaving-brush was available, the piou-piou in the next bed lathered him with his tooth-brush.

He had collected a few crude paints from the natives of the district, and had painted the arms with an old shaving-brush.

It is surmised that he swallowed my guest's shaving brush and tooth brush, for they have never been found.

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