grind
n.— «Lets’ go into town, get somethin’ fo’ breakfast.…Dere’s gotta be someplace fo’ grind near day freeway.» —by Mark Haskell Smith Delicious Apr. 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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