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cutting grass

British  

noun

  1. a W African name for cane rat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The battery-powered robots run up to 23 hours daily, cutting grass continuously in programmed patterns and returning to individual charging docks when needed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

We get to witness these men fashionably in their work element: cutting grass at golden hour, scaling a palm tree like a mythical being that defies gravity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

One woman was killed by a tiger early this year when she was cutting grass for cattle feed in a forest, her family said.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

In 2004 he was attacked while cutting grass in the community forest near his village.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022

Now the children were set to cutting grass and digging flower beds.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer