seedtime

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To understand it, we need to go back to what can accurately be termed the seedtime of sexism.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022

Eliot, Perse tells of the seedtime of history.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bluegrass itself was a flat failure; mere meadows of ordinary green, above which hung in seedtime a purplish tinge, like smoke from burning leaves.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

But in the few precious weeks of seedtime, every day, every hour is of moment.

From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by Hart, John S. (John Seely)

For ordinary washing he gets half as much as the blacksmith or carpenter, or 13 to 20 lbs. of grain annually from each householder, with about another 10 lbs. at seedtime or harvest.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)