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A.Word.A.Day--strop Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio strop (strop) noun 1. A strap, especially a short rope whose ends are spliced together to make a ring. 2. A flexible strip of leather or canvas used for sharpening a razor. verb tr. To sharpen (a razor) on a strop. [Middle English strope, band of leather, probably from Old English, thong for an oar, from Latin stroppus, twisted cord, from Greek strophos, from strephein, to turn..] "He absently sharpened his razor along a leather strop for several moments, gazing into the middle distance." Mark Leyner, I dream of Liddy, Elle, Oct 1999. This week's theme: semordnilaps, or words that spell other words when reversed. X-Bonus Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. -Edgard Varese, composer (1885-1965)

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