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thresh out

verb

The farmer caught up a huge flail with which he was wont to thresh out his oats.

"I want to thresh out some things with you to-day, and I'll be as brief as possible," said Bassett when he and Harwood were alone.

There were so many lives and works that we were going to thresh out together—Francis Thompson's, for one.

Thresh out the straw for your food, and the grain for your masters.

Now the large machines separate, or thresh out, between three and four thousand bushels in one day.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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