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It was a serious matter to gather from two hundred threshing-floors precisely a quarter of the grain threshed, and from fifty or sixty vineyards precisely a quarter of the wine made in each.

From Saracinesca by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

They are also busy now flailing grain on ancient threshing-floors of hard-baked earth, or grinding it in mills operated by a single donkey.

From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton

Now when David was told, "The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing-floors," he inquired of Jehovah, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?"

From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.

Hay-mows, river-banks, threshing-floors, these were the old places of resort for country boys.

From Queer Stories for Boys and Girls by Eggleston, Edward

I am glad to find these threshing-floors in the villages, because they give me an excellent opportunity to ride and satisfy the people, thus saving me no end of worry and annoyance.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas