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strop

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strop
1. a leather strap or an abrasive strip for sharpening razors
2. a rope or metal band around a block or deadeye for support


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Sometimes, after a long inspection of an epitaph, he would strop his beak upon the grave to which it referred, and cry in his hoarse tones, 'I'm a devil, I'm a devil, I'm a devil
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Three feet away from them in the shade a seaman sat on a spar, very busy splicing a strop, and dipping his fingers into a tar-pot, as if utterly unaware of their existence.
Falk - A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph View in context
He was turned out of his nice cabin, and packed in with his belongings to share that of Lieutenant Kurt, whose luck it was to be junior, and the bird-headed officer, still swearing slightly, and carrying strops and aluminium boot-trees and weightless hair-brushes and hand-mirrors and pomade in his hands, resumed possession.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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