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grindery

[ grahyn-duh-ree ]

noun

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


grindery

/ ˈɡɪԻəɪ /

noun

  1. a place in which tools and cutlery are sharpened
  2. the equipment of a shoemaker
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of grindery1

First recorded in 1795–1805; grind + -ery
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The spot he chose was Blue Tokai, a hipster joint that is part coffee bar and part industrial grindery.

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I have, since the above was written, found that some dealers in leather and shoemakers' "grindery" sell knives of varied and serviceable patterns — other than those described — all of which have hard wood handles.

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For making holes in the bottom where the nails or studs are fixed, a large sewing-awl will be required; this will probably have to be bought at a saddler's; the other tools can all be obtained at any grindery and leather seller's.

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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.

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After he had told me that the workers had to furnish their own tools, brads, “grindery,” cardboard, rent, light, and what not, it was plain that his thirty bob was a diminishing quantity.

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