Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A beating.
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Examples
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In the window across the road a saddler sat cutting out a strap, and reminding the Emigrant of a certain First of April when he had ventured in and inquired for half a pint of strap-oil.
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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He loved his children, and if a boy could be saved by so simple a means as "strap-oil," he was not the man to shirk his duty.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Elbert Hubbard 1885
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For ne'er shall I 'noint thee with strap-oil again. "
A Certain Rich Man William Allen White 1906
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