Definition of organ grinder in English:

organ grinder

noun

1A street musician who plays a barrel organ.
Example sentencesExamples
- The melodies are recommended to street organ-grinders, if any still exist.
- Charles Dickens, among others, got organ-grinders banned from the streets of London once upon a time.
- New trades and entertainments became dependent on resourceful immigrants from poorer countries: in the early 19th century, Italian organ-grinders multiplied through London, with their monkeys.
- The funhouse atmosphere will also include loonie hotdogs, free popcorn, face-painting, buskers, an organ-grinder, and roving improv performers.
- I remember with a peculiar vividness an organ-grinder who came around with a monkey, and the accuracy with which the monkey could catch a ball.
1. 1.1 A person in control of another.
  I'm not just a monkey dancing to the organ grinder's tune
  Example sentencesExamples
  After all, why bother choosing the monkey when you can own the organ-grinder?
  He had originally intended to stand against the Defence Secretary, but was persuaded to, in his words, ‘take on the organ-grinder rather than the monkey’.
  To which one might well ask - so why vote for the Tory monkey when we can vote for the Labour organ-grinder?
  Trimble remarked: ‘I don't want to talk to this monkey. Where's the organ-grinder?’

Definition of organ grinder in US English:

organ grinder

nounˈôrɡən ˈɡrīndər

A street musician who plays a barrel organ.
Example sentencesExamples
- I remember with a peculiar vividness an organ-grinder who came around with a monkey, and the accuracy with which the monkey could catch a ball.
- The funhouse atmosphere will also include loonie hotdogs, free popcorn, face-painting, buskers, an organ-grinder, and roving improv performers.
- The melodies are recommended to street organ-grinders, if any still exist.
- Charles Dickens, among others, got organ-grinders banned from the streets of London once upon a time.
- New trades and entertainments became dependent on resourceful immigrants from poorer countries: in the early 19th century, Italian organ-grinders multiplied through London, with their monkeys.

单词	organ grinder
释义	Definition of organ grinder in English: organ grinder noun 1A street musician who plays a barrel organ. Example sentencesExamples The melodies are recommended to street organ-grinders, if any still exist. Charles Dickens, among others, got organ-grinders banned from the streets of London once upon a time. New trades and entertainments became dependent on resourceful immigrants from poorer countries: in the early 19th century, Italian organ-grinders multiplied through London, with their monkeys. The funhouse atmosphere will also include loonie hotdogs, free popcorn, face-painting, buskers, an organ-grinder, and roving improv performers. I remember with a peculiar vividness an organ-grinder who came around with a monkey, and the accuracy with which the monkey could catch a ball. 1.1 A person in control of another. I'm not just a monkey dancing to the organ grinder's tune Example sentencesExamples After all, why bother choosing the monkey when you can own the organ-grinder? He had originally intended to stand against the Defence Secretary, but was persuaded to, in his words, ‘take on the organ-grinder rather than the monkey’. To which one might well ask - so why vote for the Tory monkey when we can vote for the Labour organ-grinder? Trimble remarked: ‘I don't want to talk to this monkey. Where's the organ-grinder?’ Definition of organ grinder in US English: organ grinder nounˈôrɡən ˈɡrīndər A street musician who plays a barrel organ. Example sentencesExamples I remember with a peculiar vividness an organ-grinder who came around with a monkey, and the accuracy with which the monkey could catch a ball. The funhouse atmosphere will also include loonie hotdogs, free popcorn, face-painting, buskers, an organ-grinder, and roving improv performers. The melodies are recommended to street organ-grinders, if any still exist. Charles Dickens, among others, got organ-grinders banned from the streets of London once upon a time. New trades and entertainments became dependent on resourceful immigrants from poorer countries: in the early 19th century, Italian organ-grinders multiplied through London, with their monkeys.
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