Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grindstone.
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Examples
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Was a gruntin ', grindin' grindlestone, an 'that they left behind.
R. Caldecott's First Collection of Pictures and Songs Randolph Caldecott 1866
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I wouldn’t be so much as a shallow, a shadow between you and Sire Gallant, because you are dear to him and because you are his knuckle, his father’s brother, and because you’re the grindlestone he’s honest against.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I wouldn’t be so much as a shallow, a shadow between you and Sire Gallant, because you are dear to him and because you are his knuckle, his father’s brother, and because you’re the grindlestone he’s honest against.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I wouldn’t be so much as a shallow, a shadow between you and Sire Gallant, because you are dear to him and because you are his knuckle, his father’s brother, and because you’re the grindlestone he’s honest against.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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One said it was a grindlestone, another he said "Nay;
R. Caldecott's First Collection of Pictures and Songs Randolph Caldecott 1866
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"Well," continued Skedlock, "it's moor liker a grindlestone nor a organ.
Th' Barrel Organ Edwin Waugh 1853
hernesheir commented on the word grindlestone
Unpleasant, when applied to one's nose, or suspended about one's neck.
October 25, 2012