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We came across men in loose djellabas riding tiny donkeys, and others scything by hand, leaving piles of barley under olive trees.
Women, when they are no longer warm, are colder than the deadliest catarrh wind scything across these islands.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George MeredithAnd the love-songs of the wood-pigeons never ceased, nor the faint swish of scything.
The Dark Flower | John Galsworthy
Everyone, including Mrs Dinkman, seemed convinced that scything was the solution.
Greener Than You Think | Ward MooreThere, to my horror, were three men scything the rushes along a ditch which passed a few feet from me.
'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany | Gerald Featherstone KnightPeasants everywhere are scything weeds and burning them in smoking heaps.
The Challenge of the Dead | Stephen Graham
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