reaping machine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of reaping machine
First recorded in 1805–15
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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
Through it was introduced the first reaping machine into Ireland.
From What's the Matter with Ireland? by Ruth Russell
Mr Bell of Toronto exhibited his excellent plough, straw-cutter, and reaping machine.
From History of Farming in Ontario by C. C. (Charles Canniff) James
In 1831 he put a reaping machine in the field for trial, but it failed to work and its inventor was completely discouraged.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
The boy whose business it was to drive the team of the reaping machine hadn’t come, and Davie was only too proud and happy to be just in his place.
From Eunice by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
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