See strop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "toča na remǎk",
"sense": "To sharpen with a strop",
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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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"sense": "To sharpen with a strop",
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"ref": "2005, Renée Rose Shield, Diamond Stories: Enduring Change on 47th Street, page 156:",
"text": "[…] he almost fell out of the phone booth laughing and said to her, 'Boy, did my son buy a strop! Did he get stuck!'",
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"A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond."
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