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Definition of Graters
1. grater [n] - See also: grater
Lexicographical Neighbors of Graters
Literary usage of Graters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Aborigines of Porto Rico and Neighboring Islands by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1907)
"WOODEN OBJECTS CASSAVA graters The aborigines of Porto Rico were essentially
agriculturists and raised great quantities of manioc, the root of which was ..."
2. Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and by John Bartlett (1868)
"... they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well.
Ibid. SIR SAMUEL TUKE. 1673. He is a fool who thinks by force or skill To ..."
3. Byways of Collecting by Ethel Deane (1908)
"... Charm— —Classes of Collectors—Caddy-Spoons—Nutmeg graters and Vinaigrettes—Boxes—Miscellaneous
Objects—Spoons in General—Apostle Spoons—Candlesticks and ..."
4. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1907)
"The graters of these latter are of silver, and I have one example of ... The very
small boxes are prettily engraved, and have their graters at the base. ..."
5. The Origins of Invention: A Study of Industry Among Primitive Peoples by Otis Tufton Mason (1895)
"Leaving the canoes they walk back, carrying a supply of cassava graters and ...
and these in turn carry such graters and dogs as they do not require, ..."
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