reaping machine

Example Sentences

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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

If required to name the three subjects on which the most extraordinary versatility of invention has been expended, the answer would be without hesitation, the sewing machine, reaping machine and breech-loading firearm.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

But a reaping machine, though used by the husband in the business by which he supports his family, is not a legitimate item of family expense, nor can a plow be included therein.

From Legal Status of Women in Iowa by Wilson, Jennie L. (Jennie Lansley)

The up-train was late—they had been too long loading up the fish at Dungeness, or there was a reaping machine being brought from Lydd.

From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila

And now the platform is empty, and the only sound of life is the whirr of the reaping machine and the voices from the harvest field.

From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)