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- verb Present participle of
strop .
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Examples
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Instead, many of us boys spent our "free" time stropping our pocket knives on the upper sides of our boots and testing the blades by shaving the fuzz on our forearms.
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Andy Fay went off watch at eight he found O'Sullivan stropping a razor.
CHAPTER X 2010
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But neither Syria nor Iran would take such a step willingly, nor would they respond to this favorably as long as they do not see Russia and China resolved and insistent on stropping the two regimes from arming these groups.
Raghida Dergham: The Russian-Chinese Partnership Against People(s) Raghida Dergham 2011
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Tanya pleads, in whichever bar, office, restaurant or sunbed saloon she's stalked him to, chucking him her trademark satanic glare, turning on a six-inch Roberto Cavalli heel and stropping off.
Grace Dent's TV OD Grace Dent 2010
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Try stropping or a fine steel or just a few light strokes on a fine stone.
What is the best fillet knife to purchase? I have a couple but they need sharpened so often. 2009
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Being spanked with a leather belt (there was a stropping belt for a straight-edge razor which may have been a little softer than a real belt).
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But neither Syria nor Iran would take such a step willingly, nor would they respond to this favorably as long as they do not see Russia and China resolved and insistent on stropping the two regimes from arming these groups.
Raghida Dergham: The Russian-Chinese Partnership Against People(s) Raghida Dergham 2011
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Try stropping or a fine steel or just a few light strokes on a fine stone.
What is the best fillet knife to purchase? I have a couple but they need sharpened so often. 2009
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Felez soe nicest whin kitteh stropping herselp awn yer leggies whn dey juss habbbing teh shabe!
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Stage 3 is a stropping stage that will put a razor edge on your blades - even serrated blades.
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