fork-grinding

Updated: June 2, 2025

Count the public houses in this town. "As to the fork-grinding trade, the Legislature might assist the masters to extinguish it. It numbers only about one hundred and fifty persons, all much poisoned, and little paid. The work could all be done by fifteen machines and thirty hands, and, in my opinion, without the expense of grindstones.

Charles Reade - Put Yourself in His Place