point shave

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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
    • 2000, Robert A. Mertzman, Voices in Sports and Society, page 287:
      The athlete at Northwestern who point shaved had been involved with a student bookmaker and was over $ 7,000 in debt.
    • 2000, Robert A. Mertzman, Voices in Sports and Society, page 287:
      Eventually he got involved with a former student-athlete from Notre Dame, who requested the athlete at Northwestern point shave and made financial arrangements.
    • 2006, The American Economic Review - Volume 96, page 282:
      A more complete analysis would take account of the possibilities that many of those point shaving would have otherwise beaten the spread by a large margin; that some of those agreeing to point shave will accidentally cover the spread; and that yet others will shave too vigorously, losing the game.