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
Mr Bell of Toronto exhibited his excellent plough, straw-cutter, and reaping machine.
From History of Farming in Ontario by James, C. C. (Charles Canniff)
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
For the great modern invention of the reaping machine, civilization is indebted to Cyrus Hall McCormick, an American.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
Then there was Cyrus McCormick, who invented the reaping machine.
From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
