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threshing floor

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[thresh-ing flawr] / ˈθrɛʃ ɪŋ ˌflɔr /

noun

threshing floors plural
  1. a place, either outdoors or within a building, where grain can be threshed.


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"I was on my threshing floor dealing with the stronghold of fear. You all covered and encourage me."

From Fox News Mar. 31, 2019

People socialize at the tea shops, on the rice threshing floor or at their local temple; they worry about the late onset of the rains and argue about local politics.

From Washington Post Feb. 25, 2016

Early one summer day, Father carried me on his shoulders over to the threshing floor.

From The New Yorker Nov. 19, 2012

Seven or eight cattle merchants were sitting on their haunches at the edge of the threshing floor when we got there, smoking cigarettes as they waited for the butchers to show up.

From The New Yorker Nov. 19, 2012

The harvests were past, and the grain they beat out upon the threshing floor which was also the dooryard to the house.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

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