strop
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The tour, for which the Jacksonville show was the sixth strop, runs through October and is in support of the March release of Wallen’s sophomore album, “One Thing at a Time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
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 ● Mar. 9, 2022
Mine may be better used as a razor strop.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
You need to ask yourself a question I cannot answer for you: If your father throws a strop and refuses to attend the wedding at all, is that something you can deal with?
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2019
He moved to his razor strop while Hospital Tommy tried to keep his customer in the chair.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
But the spat punctures any suggestion that the Budget will end grumps and strops inside the party.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
This was a fine year for celeb strops, unscheduled hiatuses and full-on quitting.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 24, 2012
Rather, squabbles over bonuses and strops by the likes of the former Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins suggest they may shoot themselves in the foot, again.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2010
Other people ignore the legend or interpret it as gentle self-ingratiation by the Gillette Co., meaning, "Whoso uses a Gillette razor, he strops not, neither does he hone."
From Time Magazine Archive
Razor strops are made from the leaves; they are also used for cleaning and scouring pewter.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
Authorities say the driver stropped and cooperated with police.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2019
When I stropped out of school at 16 and the teachers asked what was to become of me, I told them I would probably be an astronaut.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2019
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that the crash happened Tuesday when a pickup truck driver changed lanes and ran into the back of a car that was stropped in traffic.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2018
No slamming pantry doors, bleep-ridden sty storm-outs or wobble-shots of Alex as he stropped off to the lower field after an altercation with a shirehorse.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2011
Later, as he stropped the razor against leather the harsh whisper made me cringe.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
We witnessed Rashford doing it against Villa to Hojlund, stropping and having a go.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2023
I don't know what the style is, there seems no plan, no effort, players stropping at one another.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2023
BST13:48 88 min: McClean and Naismith booked for mutual stropping.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2015
Located eventually at 8 Reade Street, they proved very successful, eventually acquiring more than 50 patents on razors and stropping devices.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2010
The holes in it marked the progress of his emaciation and the leather at one side had a lacquered look to it where he was used to stropping the blade of his knife.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
