organ grinder

Etymology


From the repetitive grinding involved in playing a barrel organ. In figurative senses, from the common 19th-century practice of training monkeys to dance to an organ grinder's music in order to perform on the street and solicit donations and spare change.

Noun

 * 1) The player of a barrel organ.
 * 2)  The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions.
 * 1)  The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions.
 * 1)  The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions.
 * 1)  The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions.
 * 1)  The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions.
 * 1)  The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions.
 * 1)  The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions.

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