strop razors. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A strop is a flexible textile strap used to keep razors sharp. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Just got back from Avatar.] Reference
PNB, a strop is used to finish sharpening, typically a razor … but not always. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Just got back from Avatar.] Reference
A strop is similar to a sambok - a Seth Efrican Rhino hide whip but without the ergonomic handle. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Just got back from Avatar.] Reference
If you did not take the medicine "Ole Miss" would reach up and get the leather "strop" and. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
Good strop from the Portuguese. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
A razor strop was laid over the rack on the stand. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
Derek Blades, I thought you'd left this blog in a strop. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
If you prefer a swing strop, pull it as tightly as you can. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Ole Marse strop us good effen we did anythin 'he didn' lak. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
He is midway through it. 36 hour, non-strop campaign blitz. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2008] Reference
Whereas Melanie has breached herself on a monumental strop. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Better use a stiff strop -- cushion or solid -- if in doubt. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
You hadn't ought to strop me when you're the one who's wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Blaze]
Den I laffed at her so hard 'Ole Miss whupped me wid dat strop!. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
Memo to SDark Horse: strop wioth the liocensed comcis. nuff already. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
So kudos to this kid who had a strop, dare I say it, big willy style. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
I can't strop any of those double or triple throwaways, so I pay the price. From Wordnik.com. [Keep It Simple, Stupid: Go Fixie!] Reference
Yo sho hed better 'spect him, en iffen yo didn't dat strop wud be er flyin'. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3] Reference
A serious mistake made by a number of self-shavers is to hold the strop loose. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
I guess the guy wasn't that into having a strop when the hunger came upon him?. From Wordnik.com. [GAP, Comics, and The Hunger] Reference
There is no sound quite the same as a straight razor being sharpened on a leather strop. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
My mums parents disowned me becase i threw a strop in the LateShop, i wasnt even 10. 16. From Wordnik.com. [brodyblakk Diary Entry] Reference
Keep rust away from your strop, and remember that a cut in the strop will ruin your razor. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
I restrained myself from buying three ... esp since I bought a new razor strop today! yum yum!!. From Wordnik.com. [wench77 Diary Entry] Reference
He had taken care of them with a razor strop and I took care of this oaf with a metal hairbrush. From Wordnik.com. [Restoree]
Wet the strop with a little sweet oil, and apply a little flour of emery evenly over the surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
They gave him an old razor, some soap and a strop, also a small brush, and he was ready for work. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Jaws of Death] Reference
She went to the trunk and dug around and came back with a razor and a heavy strop of oiled leather. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Wet the strop with a little sweet oil, and apply a little flour of emery evenly over the surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Once a month send these to a barber to be stropped, and strop them yourself both before and after using. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference
Hans packed up his remaining wardrobe, razor, strop, soap-dish, scissors and combs, and turned his back upon. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841] Reference
Then we went and had our hair cut, and I bought a new auto-strop safety razor as a birthday present to myself. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from France] Reference
As you reach the end of the strop, turn the razor on the back of the blade to strop the other side, pulling toward you. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Hunger may be said to be a moral Mechi, which invents a strop upon which the bluntest wits are sharpened to admiration. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841] Reference
A strange coat and vest were spread carelessly over the bed, and a razor strop lay across the back of the little rocking chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
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