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. J. T. Wharton, of Skelton Castle, said he had never witnessed so much enthusiasm in an agricultural district as was displayed in connection with the reaping machine.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
By that time the three had been to the barber's and their heads looked like a wheat field, a field of golden grain after the reaping machine had been hauled across.
From On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration by Sinclair, Upton
The up-train was late—they had been too long loading up the fish at Dungeness, or there was a reaping machine being brought from Lydd.
From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila
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)
