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
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
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)
In 1831 he put a reaping machine in the field for trial, but it failed to work and its inventor was completely discouraged.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
The boy whose business it was to drive the team of the reaping machine hadn’t come, and Davie was only too proud and happy to be just in his place.
From Eunice by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
