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
Indeed the most unqualified approval was given by the gentlemen present, to the applicability of the reaping machine to the purposes for which it is designed.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
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
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)
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
