Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (UK Und.) the clippings from shaved coins.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: shavings c. the Clippings of Money.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.

2. (US Und.) alcohol.

1952

C. Hamilton Men of the Und. 325: Shavings, Alcohol.