mowing machine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mowing machine
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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He asked why President Coolidge scythed hay when he might well have used a mowing machine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Poppet Green was "painting away like a mowing machine . . . bodiless heads, green horses and violet grass, seaweed, shells and funguses."
From Time Magazine Archive
Engineers are at present at work on a mowing machine which will stand rough seas, make production cheaper.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Manhattan, Army's beautifully timed interference cut down Illinois tacklers like a mowing machine and Ray Stecker ran behind the blades of the machine for two touchdowns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around the first of July, the work horses were hitched to the mowing machine, and Mr. Zuckerman climbed into the seat and drove into the field.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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