Which preposition to use with razor

in Occurrences 13%

He stayed indoors only two minutes and then came out again with a razor in his hand intending to cut his own throat, for he was out of his senses in this first paroxysm of grief.

on Occurrences 9%

If I wist there were any such knavery, or Peter Bales's brachygraphy, under Sol's bushy hair, I would have a barber, my host of the Murrion's Head, to be his interpreter, who would whet his razor on his Richmond cap, and give him the terrible cut like himself, but he would come as near as a quart pot to the construction of it.

of Occurrences 8%

Neighbour, sharpen the edge-tool of your wits upon the whetstone of indiscretion, that your words may shine like the razors of Palermo: [to POPPEY] you have learning with ignorance, therefore speak my tale.

at Occurrences 6%

There are many old houses and objects of interest, including some mosaics, to be seen in the town, and among other things that attracted our attention was a large board, painted in the most modern style, with a pair of scissors at one side and an open razor at the other, and the "welcome" information"Ici on rase" underneath.

with Occurrences 3%

He had a razor with which he had attempted to kill himself, but Judy came in at that moment, and as he was very weak, she easily took it from him; but he said: "'O let me die!

from Occurrences 2%

"The name of the last one was Solomon Rabinovitchand he was charged with stealing a second-hand razor from a colored person described in the papers as one Morris Cohen.

out Occurrences 1%

For instance, eating this pork-pie at a table, with knife and fork and a plate, wouldn't be a quarter the fun it is having it like we're doing nowcutting it with a razor out of Acton's dressing-case, and knowing that if we were cobbed we should get into a jolly row.

over Occurrences 1%

When winter, that healthy ascetic, carries his gigantic razor over hill and valley, and shaves all the trees like monks, we feel surely that they are all the more like trees if they are shorn, just as so many painters and musicians would be all the more like men if they were less like mops.

to Occurrences 1%

It's got an edge like a razor to it, and those paws look simply immense.

toward Occurrences 1%

But forewarned by this trifling experience, Mr. O'Brien induced the customer, the next witness, to swear that Crocedoro had not in fact made any move whatever with his razor toward Angelo, who had deliberately raised his pistol and shot him.

into Occurrences 1%

"Hold back your head, if you please, sir, that I may get this napkin properly fastenedthere now," said Toby Tims, as, securing the pin, he dipped his razor into hot water, and began working up with restless brush the lather of his soapbox.

among Occurrences 1%

I found a little safety razor among her things one day" "Bengal!

around Occurrences 1%

It is true that every Sunday of his life he made a great parade with lather and shaving-cup, standing before the glass in his shirt-sleeves, just as the other boys did, and flourishing his razor around his white throat and beardless face, to the amusement of anyone who chanced to see him for the first time.

down Occurrences 1%

I got it firmly by the handle this time, and I recognised Emily's special cake-knife, an instrument wrought to perfection by long years of service, sharp as a razor down both sides, with a flexible tip that slithered round a basin and scooped up the last morsels of candied-peel.

for Occurrences 1%

He had finished clowning in the kit I offered him, and had got back into his Arab things while I was shaving off the black whiskers with which Nature adorns my face whenever I neglect the razor for a few days, when an auto came tooting and roaring down the narrow street, and a moment later three staff officers took the stairs at a run.

about Occurrences 1%

"Say, you haven't by any chance got a razor about you?"

Which preposition to use with  razor