self-binder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-binder
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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In more general use is the reaper or self-binder.
From Two Years in Oregon by Wallis Nash
Until 1879, the best harvester was a self-binder that tied the sheaves with wire.
From The Romance of the Reaper by Herbert Newton Casson
In one instance the author treated a case wherein the fetlock joint was perforated by the sickle-guard of a self-binder.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Even as a young wife she had sometimes driven the mower or the self-binder to "help-out," and she had found pleasure and health in such hours of out-door life.
From The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, by Cyril G. (Cyril George) Hopkins
The self-binder and the steam locomotive have been our achievements.
From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Thomas Forsyth Hunt
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