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salutary
lucriferous
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strop
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PRONUNCIATION:

(strop or strap)

MEANING:

noun: A flexible material such as a strip of leather for sharpening a razor.
verb tr.: To sharpen on a strop.

ETYMOLOGY:

Probably from Latin stroppus (strap). Earliest documented use: 1050.

USAGE:

"We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice."
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).

See more usage examples of strop in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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