mower
AmericanEtymology
Origin of mower
1400–50; late Middle English: one who mows; see mow 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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It is like putting diesel in a lawn mower.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Last compared managing agents to powering a lawn mower: crank it long enough and it starts running on its own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
"It's my life's hobby and I've never even raced a mower."
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025
About the size of a riding lawn mower, the machine chews through about eight barrels of batteries an hour, eight times faster than the drum roller method.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
The next day I moved the mower farther into the richer part of the neighborhood, where the lawns began to get larger while my mower seemed to get smaller.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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