Gradgrind — Mr Thomas Gradgrind is the notorious headmaster in Dickens s novel Hard Times who is dedicated to the pursuit of profitable enterprise.[1] His name is now used generically to refer to someone who is hard and only concerned with cold facts and… … Wikipedia
Gradgrind — Grad|grind, Mr one of the main characters in the book ↑Hard Times by Charles ↑Dickens. Gradgrind is only concerned with facts, and does not consider the importance of love or imagination, especially when educating and caring for his children … Dictionary of contemporary English
GRADGRIND — a character in Hard Times, who weighs and measures everything by a hard and fast rule and makes no allowances … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Gradgrind — (Cap.) A cold, emotionless person, after a character in Charles Dickens’s Hard Times … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
gradgrind — I don t know what it means. I found it in an article written by Peter Lubin and published 9 October 2000 in the Providence Journal. The name of the article was If America had been discovered for Genoa. Gradgrinds may dismiss all this as idle and… … Dictionary of american slang
gradgrind — I don t know what it means. I found it in an article written by Peter Lubin and published 9 October 2000 in the Providence Journal. The name of the article was If America had been discovered for Genoa. Gradgrinds may dismiss all this as idle and… … Dictionary of american slang
gradgrind — grad·grind … English syllables
gradgrind — … Useful english dictionary
Gradgrindery — Gradgrindˈery noun • • • Main Entry: ↑Gradgrind … Useful english dictionary
Hard Times — For other uses, see Hard Times (disambiguation). Hard Times … Wikipedia
Les Temps difficiles — Hard Times For These Times Temps difficiles Première page de Household Words du 1er avril 1854 avec les premiers chapitres du roman … Wikipédia en Français
