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  • n  a leather strap used to sharpen razors
  • v  sharpen on a strop
    strop razors

  • If she did, she got whaled with a razor strop and told that a homeless girl should be more grateful to folks who had put a roof above her head.
  • Graham Greene's novel makes a Britannically amusing film that begins as a good mockery of international spies, ends on the strop of political satire.
  • When the tire broke, she herself brought up a leather razor strop and the last man was flogged with that.
News & Articles

  • Strop shows glimpse of old self against Rays
    Orioles reliever Pedro Strop threw a scoreless eighth inning in Saturday's 8-0 loss to the Rays, an encouraging sign for the right-hander in his first appearance off the disabled list.
    June 9, 2013 - Baltimore Orioles
  • Strop activated from disabled list
    As expected, the Orioles activated right-handed reliever Pedro Strop from the disabled list prior to Saturday's game. The club optioned lefty Mike Belfiore following Friday's 2-1 loss to create a roster spot.
    June 8, 2013 - Baltimore Orioles
  • Orioles reinstate Strop from DL
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The Baltimore Orioles have reinstated reliever Pedro Strop from the 15-day disabled list.
    June 8, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports
Quotes

  • Kelly Osbourne in PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
    Kelly says, "I had a strop with the producers because they would not let me swear. It was so unfair because (fashion designer) Julien MacDonald, one of the judges from last year, swore when he wanted and they put it on air!"
  • Geraldine Smith in BBC News
    Loyalist backbencher Geraldine Smith, who represents Morecambe and Lunesdale, said Ms Flint had "a bit of a strop" because she had not been offered the promotion she expected.
  • David James in Telegraph.co.uk
    I spent years and years not being happy about football,James said. "It was a strive for perfection and the trouble with that is that ultimately you are going to fail. I'd be winning 3-1 and being in a strop because I'd conceded a penalty....

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