One should strop the razor before each shave.
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Strop
/stɹɒp/
Synonyms for "strop" (73 found)
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The barber—a round, bustling fellow—stropped his razor and prattled gossip.
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[…] 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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