ORGAN-GRINDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does organ-grinder mean? 

• ORGAN-GRINDER (noun)
  The noun ORGAN-GRINDER has 1 sense:

1. a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy

  Familiarity information: ORGAN-GRINDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORGAN-GRINDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("organ-grinder" is a kind of...):

impresario; promoter; showman (a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments)