mowing machine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mowing machine
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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The sun shone, grass sprouted and along came John Haggerty, school janitor, steering a mowing machine.
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
Up the street from the red brick bulk of Barracks "E"; marched the battalion of the Candidates' Class, its green-clad legs chiming as smoothly as the blades of a mowing machine.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw a man pushing some kind of a mowing machine.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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