stepping razor

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stepping razor (plural stepping razors)

  1. (idiomatic) A dangerous person, who is not to be messed with.
    • 1967, Joe Higgs (lyrics and music), “Stepping Razor”, in Equal Rights, performed by Peter Tosh, published 1977:
      I'm like a stepping razor / Don't you watch my size / I'm dangerous, dangerous
    • 1984, William Gibson, chapter 8, in Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 109:
      “Long time ago, up the gravity well and out of Babylon. To lead the Tribes home. Now my brother likens you to Steppin' Razor.”
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