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gleaner

[glee-ner] / ˈgli nər /


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It just cannot produce louder calls than it does, because as a descendant of a gleaner it is probably morphologically limited.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2023

And of course Varda herself is the film’s chief gleaner: There is, as she says, “no law governing this type of gleaning — of images, impressions, emotions.”

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2023

The poem is written from the point of view of a female gleaner - someone who collected grain left in fields by harvesters.

From BBC Sep. 28, 2021

She has always seen herself as something of a gleaner.

From The Guardian Sep. 21, 2018

I was a good wife, but also a good gleaner.

From Voyage To Eternity by Marlowe, Stephen




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