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- noun Plural form of
grindstone .
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Examples
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Sand and gravel is swallowed to serve as "grindstones" in the gizzard.
5 Chicken 1991
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The air was filled with dust and the roar of spinning grindstones.
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The air was filled with dust and the roar of spinning grindstones.
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I've tried to fathom the nature of these portraits, how they collect like moths sequels to what was never clear to begin with; I've hung my arms out like bridges and tried to analyze the grindstones we grow from but never found handles to make this any easier
portraiture 2010
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The sites are rich in arrow-heads, axe-heads, mortars and grindstones.
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She saved old Mexican coins, many of them gold, and smooth Indian grindstones that wandering or fleeing tribes had abandoned along the rough paths in the Franklin foothills.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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She saved old Mexican coins, many of them gold, and smooth Indian grindstones that wandering or fleeing tribes had abandoned along the rough paths in the Franklin foothills.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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Across the land, grindstones sing as axes are sharpened for the RINOs.
Thomas Frank: Conservatives Want Republican Purge Trials 2009
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June 7th, 2007 noses and grindstones and bears, oh my
noses and grindstones and bears, oh my matociquala 2007
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Archaeological discoveries include a 26,000 year old cremation site; a 30,000 year old ochre burial site; the remains of giant marsupials; and grindstones or mortars from a period 18,000 years ago, which were used to crush wild grass.
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