Bravo! Boy earned first shaver (5)
I believe the answer is:
blade
'bravo' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'boy earned first shaver' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in schools).
'earned' becomes 'e' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'first' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'shaver' becomes 'lad' (I've seen this before).
'e' after 'lad' is 'lade'.
'b'+'lade'='BLADE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for blade that I've seen before include "A knife, or a dashing fellow" , "Sword" , "Runner on an ice-skate" , "cutter" , "Cutting part of grass?" .)