Meaning & use
Strops
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Leather straps used for sharpening the blades of razors by drawing them across the surface.
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The barber kept two well-worn strops hanging beside his chair.
He ran the blade along one of his old leather strops before every shave.
A note on using this word
In British informal speech, 'strops' can also mean fits of bad temper, as in the phrase 'throwing a strop.'
Words with a similar meaning
sharpening straps
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Another way to use it
2. noun
British informal: fits of sulking or bad temper.
He's prone to strops whenever things don't go his way.
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