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Meaning of fork grinder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Someone whose job is to grind metal forks.

Examples

“There is, perhaps, no trade which is more destructive of human life than that of the fork-grinder was until the peculiar respirator was made obligatory.”

“The fork-grinders of Sheffield worked in an atmosphere of stone and metal particles, where lung disease was endemic […].”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

fork hoe fork in the road fork lightning fork oil fork truck fork-leaved sundew

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