Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A strolling musician who “grinds” out music from a barrel-organ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy
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Examples
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But when the so-called organ-grinder monkeys reach sexual maturity around 5 years old, they can turn dangerous and destructive.
Pet capuchin monkeys can turn on their owners, experts warn 2010
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It is a hint that she was once one of those children who danced to the organ-grinder.
THE CHILDREN 2010
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There is one beautiful sight in the East End, and only one, and it is the children dancing in the street when the organ-grinder goes his round.
THE CHILDREN 2010
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She left me three separately framed sketches of an organ-grinder monkey - hearing no evil (hands over his ears), speaking no evil (hand over his mouth), seeing no evil (hands covering his eyes).
Fake Pearls Meg Pokrass 2011
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Losing the frothy enthusiasms of adolescence was no longer a sign of maturity but a warning that life had irrevocably lost its savor: "At thirty an organ-grinder is more or less a moth-eaten man who grinds an organ," he lamented.
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Given that the British State (now merely the monkey for the emerging organ-grinder of the pan-European State) has long since broken, and clearly has no intention of honouring, its side of the Lockean social contract with the citizen, the only solution I can forsee is for the majority ethnic group to engineer its violent overthrow.
Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Why vote for the monkey when you can elect the organ-grinder?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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But why vote for the monkey when you can elect the organ-grinder?
Why vote for the monkey when you can elect the organ-grinder? 2009
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But why vote for the monkey when you can elect the organ-grinder?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Why vote for the monkey when you can elect the organ-grinder?
Why vote for the monkey when you can elect the organ-grinder? 2009
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