knife grinder

I confess that I can never genuinely pity a knife-grinder, however needy.

The constable congratulated everyone and took down the names of the two drivers, the two ladies, and the knife-grinder.

Kicks the knife-grinder, overturns his wheel, and exit in a transport of Republican enthusiasm and universal philanthropy.

As he approached the ford, he met a knife-grinder, who warned him not to attempt it: he had nearly lost his wheel in it, he said.