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- noun Ireland, colloquial, plurale tantum
tutoring ; extra lessons in a specificsubject outside of school hours. Grinds are often given by private individuals or firms, and might not be provided by the school. - noun Plural form of
grind . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
grind .
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Examples
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Like some Charo of the Chugach, Palin grinds out the same quips and winks and seems even less prepared for 2012, in any capacity, than she did in 2008.
Alec Baldwin: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle, and the Role of Government in America Alec Baldwin 2010
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Like some Charo of the Chugach, Palin grinds out the same quips and winks and seems even less prepared for 2012, in any capacity, than she did in 2008.
Alec Baldwin: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle, and the Role of Government in America Alec Baldwin 2010
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Like some Charo of the Chugach, Palin grinds out the same quips and winks and seems even less prepared for 2012, in any capacity, than she did in 2008.
Alec Baldwin: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle, and the Role of Government in America Alec Baldwin 2010
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Like some Charo of the Chugach, Palin grinds out the same quips and winks and seems even less prepared for 2012, in any capacity, than she did in 2008.
Alec Baldwin: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle, and the Role of Government in America Alec Baldwin 2010
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Behind those ollies and grinds is the razor-sharp business sense of a restless entrepreneur.
KR3W Apparel: World Domination, One Skate Park at a Time 2007
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Minus: Cleaning out the grinds was a bit of a hassle, though this was true for most of the grinders.
WSJ Test Kitchen: Coffee Grinders Laura Moser 2011
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And to his credit it should be recorded that the grinds were the only ones he treated with any seriousness; he took pains to answer their questions; but towards the rest of us, the Chosen, he showed a thinly veiled contempt.
A Far Country — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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And to his credit it should be recorded that the grinds were the only ones he treated with any seriousness; he took pains to answer their questions; but towards the rest of us, the Chosen, he showed a thinly veiled contempt.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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And to his credit it should be recorded that the grinds were the only ones he treated with any seriousness; he took pains to answer their questions; but towards the rest of us, the Chosen, he showed a thinly veiled contempt.
A Far Country — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909
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He said consumer confidence in Toyota will continue to falter as the recall grinds on.
JSOnline.com 2010
jodi commented on the word grinds
IrE; for AmE use tutoring
April 3, 2011