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
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
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
A few words as to the reaping machine, which contributed more than any other modern implement to the development of agriculture in the past century, may not be out of place.
From History of Farming in Ontario by James, C. C. (Charles Canniff)
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
