"meat grinder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meat grinders [plural]
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  1. Alternative form of meatgrinder Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: meatgrinder
    Sense id: en-meat_grinder-en-noun-vAz-vHYp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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