Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The nightjar: same as
grinder , 3. - noun A name given in the British West Indies and Guiana to any cicada.
- noun An Australian flycatcher, Seisura in-quieta, so called from its peculiar whirring note: known also as the dishwasher.
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Examples
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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.
Put Yourself in His Place Charles Reade 1849
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A razor-grinder showed him his shirt: it was a deep buff-color.
Put Yourself in His Place Charles Reade 1849
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