Definition of "gritters" [gritters]

• Plural form of gritter. (noun)

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• "Police had to call the gritters to Waldeck Street in Katesgrove on Sunday morning because the road was too dangerous to allow cars to pass."
• "This carries the added bonus of having potentially hundreds of punters pishing in the snow, thus freeing up the gritters to go where they're really needed."
• "Protests against wage freezes and cuts by hospital workers, refuse collectors, road gritters and grave diggers disrupted the country."