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organ grinder

or·gan grind·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awr-guh n grahyn-der]
    • /ˈɔr gən ˈgraɪn dər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awr-guh n grahyn-der]
    • /ˈɔr gən ˈgraɪn dər/

Definitions of organ grinder words

  • noun organ grinder an itinerant street musician who earns a living by playing a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy. 1
  • noun organ grinder musician who plays hurdy-gurdy 1
  • noun organ grinder sb who is controlling sb else 1
  • countable noun organ grinder An organ grinder was an entertainer who played a barrel organ in the streets. 0
  • noun organ grinder a street musician playing a hand organ for money 0
  • noun organ grinder a person who plays a barrel organ in the streets 0
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Origin of organ grinder

First appearance:

before 1800
One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10

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Parts of speech for Organ grinder

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Organ grinder

organ grinder popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

organ grinder usage trend in Literature

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