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fork grinders

fork grinders is the plural of fork grinder.

Meaning of fork grinder

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

Questions about fork grinders

What is fork grinders the plural of?
Fork grinders is the plural of fork grinder.

Words near fork grinders in the dictionary

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

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