razor slot

plural razor slots

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of razor blade slot.

   He checked the razor slot in the medicine cabinet, all the crevices, and even tapped the grouting between tiles.

   1988, Dean, Maureen, Washington wives, page 182

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   He checked the razor slot in the medicine cabinet, all the crevices, and even tapped the grouting between tiles.

   1995, Charles Baxter, “Super Night”, in The Pushcart prize, XX, 1996 : best of the small presses, page 114

   If you ever try to put a used blade down the razor slot and find the slot stuffed to the gills, you may assume that you are either in a very old hotel or in one that caters to a particularly hirsute clientele. Of course, there are fewer of those blades being deposited than there were years ago, because disposable razors are particularly popular among travelers; disposables won't fit in the skinny opening.

   1999, Feldman, David, Life's imponderables : the answers to civilization's most perplexing questions, page 113