strop
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strop1
▶noun a device, typically a strip of leather, for sharpening razors. ▶verb (strops, stropping, stropped) sharpen on or with a strop.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘thong’, also as a naut. term): prob. a W. Gmc adoption of L. stroppus ‘thong’.
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strop2
▶noun Brit. informal a temper or bad mood.
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