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grinder

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grinder
1. a person who grinds, esp one who grinds cutting tools
2. a machine for grinding
3. a molar tooth
grinder [′grīn·dər]
(mechanical engineering)
Any device or machine that grinds, such as a pulverizer or a grinding wheel.
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Mr Grinder's company, familiarly termed a lot, consisted of a young gentleman and a young lady on stilts, and Mr Grinder himself, who used his natural legs for pedestrian purposes and carried at his back a drum.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
'Yes,' said the other, 'mine is a golden trade; a good grinder never puts his hand into his pocket without finding money in it--but where did you get that beautiful goose?
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
Nearer to the grinder a few more urchins were dancing, but in the case of this lad his hands and feet looked numbed, and he kept biting the end of his sleeve and shivering.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
 
 
 
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