threshing machine
- a machine for removing grains and seeds from straw and chaff.
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Origin of threshing machine
First recorded in 1765–75
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Like pulling a threshing-machine out of the mud; breaks your back.
O Pioneers!Willa Cather
It was well known, however, that we were not to get the threshing-machine at all.
The CopperheadHarold Frederic
During most of the winter Pelle drove the horse for the threshing-machine.
Pelle the Conqueror, CompleteMartin Anderson Nexo
Then he takes them to the threshing-machine, which knocks the little oats off the stalks.
Seven O'Clock StoriesRobert Gordon Anderson
But it was a threshing-machine, covered with black cloths that moved in the wind.
The DevourersAnnie Vivanti Chartres
threshing machine
- a machine for threshing crops
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