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strap
  1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
  2. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
  3. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
  4. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
  5. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
    1. (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
    2. (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
  6. (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
  7. (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
  8. A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
  9. (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “She took a leather strap and buckled it around my wrist, attaching the dagger to it, pulling the sleeve down to conceal the weapon.”
strapping
strapper
  1. A large, strong, robust person (usually a man)
  2. One who straps horses.
  3. (archaic) A cow which yields a small amount of milk.
  4. Examples:
    1. “We also felt it appropriate to provide a more substantial trophy for the jockey and trainer and to provide the strapper with a Cup miniature.”
      “The horse enters quarantine in Ireland on August 27 and arrives in Australia on September 19 accompanied by his longtime strapper.”
      “Tears of joy were shed by a Geraldton strapper when his four-year-old gelding took first place honours at the Geraldton Crayfish Cup yesterday.”
straphanger
  1. A person who travels using public transportation (often standing up and holding on to a strap).
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The 32-year-old was headed back to Jersey City, where he was staying, when a straphanger took an extra step and fell off the platform.”
      “With 468 stations to choose from, candidates have their own strategies for finding an ideal place to press the straphanger flesh.”
      “Gone is the clutter and clunky layout that baffled many a squinting straphanger.”
strappies
  1. (informal) strappy shoes for women
straphangers
  1. plural of straphanger
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The technology just couldn't shake the stereotype of being too fanciful for real-world straphangers.”
      “For the third year now, the spirits of weary straphangers on Calgary transit will be lifted.”
      “Unbeknownst to the vast majority of straphangers, the humble MetroCard is essentially a floppy disk, uniquely identified by a serial number on the flip side.”
strappings
strappers
  1. plural of strapper
straps
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