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razor

Sharpened metallic blade used to remove facial or body hair. Razors were known in the Bronze Age. The safety razor was patented by William Henson in 1847; a disposable version was produced by King Gillette at the start of the 20th century. The earliest electric razors date from the 1920s.



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