strop

Example Sentences

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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

The mirror still hung there from his time, and beside it a long leather strop for sharpening the edge on his cutthroat razor.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck