harvest home
Americannoun
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the bringing home of the harvest.
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the time of harvesting or of gathering in the harvest.
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an English festival celebrated at the close of the harvest.
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a song sung as the harvest is brought home.
noun
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the bringing in of the harvest
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a harvest supper
Etymology
Origin of harvest home
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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Farmers wait for the perfect weather window, then crank up the combine, whatever the day or the hour, to get the harvest home.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
Instead, Dommes had scheduled a consultation with Backyard Eats, a young Philadelphia company that helps people build, plant, maintain and even harvest home vegetable gardens.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
They also have a winery and cider brand of the same name — visit their taproom and bottle shop to bring more of the harvest home.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2021
Millions of Japanese came out to gaze skyward, to dance and feast in honor of harvest home.
From Time Magazine Archive
Loud behind us grow the murmurs Of the age to come— Clang of smiths, and tread of farmers Bearing harvest home!
From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.
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