Read full poem →broken. There was the bathtub and the toilet and the tiles. He reached and
took down the razor strop which hung from a hook. It was going to be the
first of many such beatings, which would recur more and more often. Al-
Dictionary Entry
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
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Common Phrases
blade razor. razorblades razorsharp razorwire razoredge razorrazor safetyrazor electric
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Poetry examples for “razor”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →suggest that certain ideas gestures
rhymes, like Gillette Razor Blades
having been used and reused
Read full poem →In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sir,
To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint,
Read full poem →In short, ’twas his fate, unemploy’d, or in place, Sir,
To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Read full poem →Parnes to Athens--earth no more, the air was my road;
Here am I back. Praise Pan, we stand no more on the razor's edge!
Pan for Athens, Pan for me! I too have a guerdon rare!
Read full poem →Tests the razor on his leg
Waiting until the shriek subsides.