strop

Example Sentences

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But the spat punctures any suggestion that the Budget will end grumps and strops inside the party.

From BBC

There’s one more elevated observation deck on the floating trail worth a strop before reaching Foster Island, from which you can connect to the Washington Park Arboretum via the southward path.

From Seattle Times

There has even been a revival of old-fashioned straight blades, the cutthroat kind that require honing and stropping, a fetish of self-care and suicidal-ideation for guys with too much time on their hands.

From Salon

The group Climate Disobedience Center has held several protests recently trying to strop coal shipments to the power plant in Bow, New Hampshire.

From Washington Times

"He was in a strop. It is the kind of thing couples say to each other in the heat of a row."

From BBC