organ-grinder
21speak to the organ grinder not the monkey — Talk to the boss not the subordinate …
22Grinder — may refer to: *Grinder (milling), a machine used to reduce the particle size of bulk materials *Grinding machine, used in a machining operation to refine the surface of materials *Angle grinder, hand held power tool *Molar (tooth), the rearmost… …
23Organ (music) — Organ 1741 Pipe organ in Église Saint Thomas, Strasbourg, France. Classification Keyboard instrument (Aerophone) Playing r …
24organ — (n.) O.E. organe, and O.Fr. orgene (12c.), both meaning musical instrument, both from L. organa, plural of organum, from Gk. organon implement, musical instrument, organ of the body, lit. that with which one works, from PIE *werg ano , from root… …
25Organ trio — Jazz organist Jimmy Smith at a show in Italy in 1994. An organ trio, in a jazz context, is a group of three jazz musicians, typically consisting of a Hammond organ player, a drummer, and either a jazz guitarist or a saxophone player. In some… …
26organ — n. 1 a a usu. large musical instrument having pipes supplied with air from bellows, sounded by keys, and distributed into sets or stops which form partial organs, each with a separate keyboard (choir organ; pedal organ). b a smaller instrument… …
27grinder — UK [ˈɡraɪndə(r)] / US [ˈɡraɪndər] noun [countable] Word forms grinder : singular grinder plural grinders a machine that cuts food into very small pieces, especially coffee, meat, or pepper • See: organ grinder …
28grinder — n. 1 a person or thing that grinds, esp. a machine (often in comb.: coffee grinder; organ grinder). 2 a molar tooth …
29Street organ — A street organ is a mechanical organ designed to play in the street. The operator of a street organ is called an organ grinder. The two main types are the smaller German street organ and the larger Dutch street organ. In the United Kingdom,… …
30Hammond organ — A close up of the Hammond L 100 organ, with the drawbars in the foreground The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to… …
