Example Sentences

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The fanner gets no more because, ambitious, he grows too much, puts it up for sale.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1927, Vincent Gaman, a restless Czechoslovakian fanner, set out for America, promising to send soon for his wife, Marija, and their three daughters.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stanley Reed, Kentucky-born, onetime Solicitor General, once a practical dirt fanner, writer of pedestrian opinions, rated as an able lawyer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old Mao was a fanner, prosperous enough to hire a laborer.

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The spy went into his act: a simple- minded fanner seeking a runaway wife, terrified of soldiers.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara