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
Dr. N. M. Hitt testified to a reaping machine being made by C. H. McCormick in 1831—it had a straight sickle blade.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
He and his father would lock themselves up in the shop and work for hours on a reaping machine.
From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton
These tough stems blunt the sickles of the reapers and the knives of the reaping machine.
From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens
Then came rapid development of the reaping machine.
From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph
