seedtime

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To understand it, we need to go back to what can accurately be termed the seedtime of sexism.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022

Eliot, Perse tells of the seedtime of history.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have said ten years, counting by seedtime and harvest, before Andr� made that voyage into the west.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

For ordinary washing he gets half as much as the blacksmith or carpenter, or 13 to 20 lbs. of grain annually from each householder, with about another 10 lbs. at seedtime or harvest.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

But in the few precious weeks of seedtime, every day, every hour is of moment.

From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by Hart, John S. (John Seely)