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"(obsolete) To strap."
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"text": "One should strop the razor before each shave."
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"To hone (a razor or knife) with a strop."
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"To strap."
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"(obsolete) To strap."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "toča na remǎk",
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"word": "точа на ремък"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "To sharpen with a strop",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "To sharpen with a strop",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "To sharpen with a strop",
"word": "strigla"
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"A bad mood or temper."
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"ref": "2005, Renée Rose Shield, Diamond Stories: Enduring Change on 47th Street, page 156",
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