grinder : Idioms & Phrases

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coffee grinder

  • noun a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans
    coffee mill.
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Grinder's asthma, phthisis, ∨ rot

  • (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.
Webster 1913

meat grinder

  • noun a mill for grinding meat
  • noun any action resulting in injury or destruction
    • the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation
    • allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder
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organ-grinder

  • noun a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy
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pepper grinder

  • noun a mill for grinding pepper
    pepper mill.
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Razor grinder

  • (Zoöl.), the European goat-sucker.
Webster 1913

Scissors grinder

  • (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913