cutting grass

noun

1. a W African name for cane rat

Example Sentences

They are cutting grass and wheat on the battle-fields of Austerlitz and Sedan and Waterloo.

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A man that once was cutting grass and herding cattle earning his bread by the sweat of his brow is now Prince Fortunatus.

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At the lower end of the pass, sheep browsed on the hill-sides, and in tiny fields men and women were cutting grass.

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Thus the vastly increased facilities for cutting grass necessitated new means for taking care of it when cut.

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By cutting grass and stripping off birch leaves she had thus far managed each year to give Bliros, their cow, enough to eat.

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