self-binder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-binder
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, it may be necessary to own a self-binder 110 in order to get the grain harvested at the proper time.
From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth
An improved type of the ordinary reaper of McCormick is the self-binder, now in common use, a machine which not only reaps the stalks of grain but binds them together in sheaves.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
In more general use is the reaper or self-binder.
From Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis
Until 1879, the best harvester was a self-binder that tied the sheaves with wire.
From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton
And then, to make the situation worse, in raising some heavy machinery connected with the self-binder, I strained my side so seriously that I was unable to walk.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
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