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
Then there was Cyrus McCormick, who invented the reaping machine.
From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
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
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
Through it was introduced the first reaping machine into Ireland.
From What's the Matter with Ireland? by Russell, Ruth
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