cutting grass


noun
  1. a W African name for cane rat (def. 1)

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How to use cutting grass in a sentence

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

    The Romance of the Reaper | Herbert Newton Casson
  • A man that once was cutting grass and herding cattle earning his bread by the sweat of his brow is now Prince Fortunatus.

    Revisiting the Earth | James Langdon Hill
  • At the lower end of the pass, sheep browsed on the hill-sides, and in tiny fields men and women were cutting grass.

    Our Journey to the Hebrides | Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Thus the vastly increased facilities for cutting grass necessitated new means for taking care of it when cut.

    Inventions in the Century | William Henry Doolittle
  • By cutting grass and stripping off birch leaves she had thus far managed each year to give Bliros, their cow, enough to eat.

    Lisbeth Longfrock | Hans Aanrud