threshing machine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of threshing machine
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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A short walk away, a threshing machine spews clouds of dust and chaff as wheat pours out in a steady stream, rattling into worn brown sacks at farmers' feet.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Kansas’s title defense, which ended with Bill Self unable to coach as he recovers from a heart procedure, included 28 victories before it ran headlong into Arkansas’ threshing machine of athleticism.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2023
When I visited the Svosves at their homestead in Mduzi, a semi-arid area with grey-coloured stony soil, members of the family were crowded around a threshing machine spitting out buckets of grain.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2022
One might wonder why entrepreneurs and investors keep lining up for the privilege of being channelled into what has become a vast financial threshing machine.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020
A cloud passed, and the full glare of the sun fell on this year’s 1904 models of the Case Agitator threshing machine.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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