knife grinder

British  

noun

1. a person who makes and sharpens knives, esp an itinerant one

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knife grinder

In stalls lit by cones of fire, they demonstrated period-appropriate trades, such as blacksmith, basket maker and knife grinder.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2015

The raspy man turned into the knife grinder.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

He had his own cuttlebone that he rubbed the sides of his beak against like a knife grinder honing his blade.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

That to the Duke of York might well have the confession of the needy knife grinder as an inscription on its base.

From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Instead, all sorts of peddlers and traveling mechanics went from house to house—the knife grinder, the ragman, the fiddler, and many others.

From Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)