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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The nightjar: same as grinder, 3.
- n. A name given in the British West Indies and Guiana to any cicada.
- n. An Australian flycatcher, Seisura in-quieta, so called from its peculiar whirring note: known also as the dishwasher.
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“A razor-grinder of twenty-two, with death in his face, told Henry he had come into that room when he was eleven.”
“A razor-grinder showed him his shirt: it was a deep buff-color.”
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