grindery
Americannoun
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grinderies
plural
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a workshop for grinding edge tools.
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British.
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a shoemaker's or leatherworker's material and equipment.
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a shop where such material and equipment may be purchased.
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noun
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a place in which tools and cutlery are sharpened
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the equipment of a shoemaker
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Origin of grindery
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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 Thomas Henry Huxley
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