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threshing

NOUN
act of removing grain or seeds from hulls or husks
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“It wasn’t my plans,” Jason Novodvorsky said about being the feature tractor for the Makoti Threshing Show.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2018

Jason Novodvorsky spent many weeks leading up to the Threshing Show adding the finishing touches.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2018

Threshing has traditionally been done by beating dried bunches of fonio with large sticks over tarps.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2017

Case Threshing Machine, "rich man's stock"*, dropped 19� points, closed 475.

From Time Magazine Archive

Threshing machines had been wooden-sided from the beginning.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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