reaping machine

American  

noun

1. any of various machines for reaping grain, often fitted with a device for automatically throwing out bundles of the cut grain.

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Etymology

Origin of reaping machine

First recorded in 1805–15

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Example Sentences

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reaping machine

It is a story about a woman of the farmlands who, when her lover is killed in a reaping machine, marries an unattractive neighbor to father her child.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then there was Cyrus McCormick, who invented the reaping machine.

From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

He was also the designer of a reaping machine, and made one and showed it with real corn for his "Benefit" on the stage of the Theatre Royal in 1815.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman

The old man came through the underbrush like a reaping machine, and of course the police took after them.

From The Deaves Affair by Hulbert Footner

A few words as to the reaping machine, which contributed more than any other modern implement to the development of agriculture in the past century, may not be out of place.

From History of Farming in Ontario by C. C. (Charles Canniff) James

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