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
From a distant cornfield came the busy rattle of a reaping machine.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
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
Obed Hussey and C. H. McCormick, were striving to produce a successful reaping machine for cutting grain and grass, as were many others, before and since.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
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
