seedtime
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of seedtime
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sǣdtīma. See seed, time
Example Sentences
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To understand it, we need to go back to what can accurately be termed the seedtime of sexism.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022
Eliot, Perse tells of the seedtime of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looks at summer and winter, seedtime and harvest: and he sees them obeying law.
From Westminster Sermons with a Preface by Charles Kingsley
Thus:— “How can we expect a harvest of thought who have not a seedtime of character?”
From The Vagabond in Literature by Arthur Rickett
But they must remember that the seedtime is passed, the harvest hour has come; and songs should ascend from the mount of revelation, sweeter than the sound of vintage bells.
From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy
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