grindery

American

[grahyn-duh-ree] / ˈgraɪn də ri /

noun

a workshop for grinding edge tools.
British.
1. a shoemaker's or leatherworker's material and equipment.
2. a shop where such material and equipment may be purchased.

grindery British

/ ˈɡraɪndərɪ /

noun

a place in which tools and cutlery are sharpened
the equipment of a shoemaker

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

grinderies

plural

Etymology

Origin of grindery

First recorded in 1795–1805; grind + -ery

Example Sentences

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After that I must settle myself down in Penmaenmawr and write a little book about David Hume—before the grindery of the winter begins.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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