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                                                      : a narrow usually flat strip or thong of a flexible material and especially leather used for securing, holding together, or wrapping                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : something made of a strap forming a loop                                      
              
                             
a boot strap
                         
                
                    
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                                                      : a strip of leather used for flogging                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : strop                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : a band, plate, or loop of metal for binding objects together or for clamping an object in position                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : a shoe fastened with a usually buckled strap                                      
                
                    
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                                Ireland 
                                  
              
          
                                                      : trollop                                      
                
                    
            
              strapped; strapping            
        
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                                                      : to beat or punish with a strap                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : strop                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : to cause to suffer from an extreme scarcity                                      
              
                             
is often strapped for cash
                         
                
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