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
I had never seen or formed an idea of a reaping machine until I went to Hutchinson's.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
Then came rapid development of the reaping machine.
From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph
He and his father would lock themselves up in the shop and work for hours on a reaping machine.
From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton
It was at the time Mr. Hussey was residing in Baltimore that he turned his attention to the idea of a reaping machine and spent his leisure hours in working out his model.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
