reaping machine
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It is a story about a woman of the farmlands who, when her lover is killed in a reaping machine, marries an unattractive neighbor to father her child.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old man came through the underbrush like a reaping machine, and of course the police took after them.
From The Deaves Affair by Footner, Hulbert
The knife-fingers and general arrangements and operation of the cutting apparatus are found in the reaping machine of O. Hussey, patented 31st Dec.,
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
He was also the designer of a reaping machine, and made one and showed it with real corn for his "Benefit" on the stage of the Theatre Royal in 1815.
From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.
Then there was Cyrus McCormick, who invented the reaping machine.
From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
