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strops

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noun

Say it like: Str-ops

The correct spelling is strops. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called…

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noun

  1. 1.A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.
  2. 2.A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)
  3. 3.A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
  4. 4.A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.

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