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  • (noun) - (1) A sand-grinder.

    --Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1896-1905

    (2) This occupation was formerly much more common in Lancashire than now, sand being more frequently used, not only for the purpose of cleaning but as a kind of ornament, and to preserve cleanliness. After a floor had been washed, to "sand" it by scrubbing with loose sand was almost the universal custom.

    --J.H. Nodal's Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect, 1882

    January 19, 2018