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knifegrinder

noun

Etymology

From knife + grinder.

  1. inherited from grindere — “one or that which grinds; grinder”
  2. inherited from grinder
  3. compounded as knifegrinder — “knife + grinder”

Definitions

  1. One whose trade is the sharpening of knives on a grindstone.

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