straight razor

noun

a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds.

Origin of straight razor

First recorded in 1715–25

Words Nearby straight razor

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How to use straight razor in a sentence

Bassam shouts, just as Jamal slices into the screaming lackey's fingers with a straight razor.
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As a boy, I watched my grandfather create a froth of lather in that cup, and shave himself with a straight razor.
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To you, it looks like a straight razor while, to Sacks, it resembles a shoe.
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When you offered me that straight razor, I thought you'd gone off your nut.
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British Dictionary definitions for straight razor

straight razor

noun

another name for cut-throat (def. 2)

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