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Strop
/stɹɒp/
A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.
📖 Definitions of "Strop"
noun
- 1
A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.
- 2
A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)
- 3
A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
verb
- 1
To strap.
- 2
(recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a razor) with a strop.
"One should strop the razor before each shave."
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