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fork grinder

fork grinder noun: someone whose job is to grind metal forks.

Noun

fork grinder (plural fork grinders)

  1. (historical) Someone whose job is to grind metal forks.
    • There is, perhaps, no trade which is more destructive of human life than that of the fork-grinder was until the peculiar respirator was made obligatory.1877, John George Wood, Nature's Teachings, page 356
    • The fork-grinders of Sheffield worked in an atmosphere of stone and metal particles, where lung disease was endemic […].2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 266

Forms of fork grinder

pluralfork grinders

Questions about fork grinder

What does fork grinder mean?
Fork grinder means someone whose job is to grind metal forks.
What part of speech is fork grinder?
Fork grinder is a noun.
What is the plural of fork grinder?
The plural of fork grinder is fork grinders.

Words near fork grinder in the dictionary

  1. fork chucks
  2. fork end
  3. fork F
  4. fork found in kitchen
  5. fork grass
  6. fork grinder
  7. fork grinders
  8. fork hoe
  9. fork hoes
  10. fork in the road
  11. fork lightning

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