reaping machine

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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

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

Mr. J. T. Wharton, of Skelton Castle, said he had never witnessed so much enthusiasm in an agricultural district as was displayed in connection with the reaping machine.

From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton

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