subs. phr. (common).—See quot.
1860. DICKENS, The Uncommercial Traveller, xxv. Blue-bearded though they were, and bereft of the youthful smoothness of cheek which is imparted by what is termed in Albion a ‘WHITECHAPEL SHAVE’ (and which is, in fact, whitening, judiciously applied to the jaws with the palm of the hand), I recognised them.
