organ-grinder in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for organ-grinder in the English»French Dictionary

organ grinder N MUS

organ grinder

joueur m d'orgue de Barbarie

organ-grinder in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for organ-grinder in the English»French Dictionary

organ-grinder N

1. organ-grinder (musician):

organ-grinder

joueur(-euse) m (f) d'orgue de Barbarie

2. organ-grinder fig:

organ-grinder

responsable mf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Some modern day organ grinders like to dress in period-costumes, albeit not necessarily the period-clothes of an organ-grinder.

en.wikipedia.org

Their relationship, to borrow a familiar image, was analogous to that of an organ-grinder and his monkey, with each believing the other to be the monkey.

www.independent.co.uk