GRINDSTONE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for GRINDSTONE, such as:
1. We smouched the grindstone, and set out to roll her home, but it was a most nation tough job.
2. There's a gaudy big grindstone down at the mill, and we'll smooch it, and carve the things on it.
2. There's a gaudy big grindstone down at the mill, and we'll smooch it, and carve the things on it.
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Meanings and Examples of GRINDSTONE
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grindstone
n. a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools
Classic Sentence:
1 It warn't no slouch of an idea; and it warn't no slouch of a grindstone nuther; but we allowed we'd tackle it.
2 We smouched the grindstone, and set out to roll her home, but it was a most nation tough job.
3 Our hole was pretty big, but it warn't big enough to get the grindstone through; but Jim he took the pick and soon made it big enough.
4 My jack-knife here needs the grindstone.
Example Sentence:
1 There's a gaudy big grindstone down at the mill, and we'll smooch it, and carve the things on it.
2 A knife is sharpened on the grindstone; steel is tempered in fire.