threshing machine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of threshing machine
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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It takes a village, not a threshing machine, to complete the harvest of pounds of watermelon seeds that will fill the simple, white packets sold by Turtle Tree Seed.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2023
Kansas’s title defense, which ended with Bill Self unable to coach as he recovers from a heart procedure, included 28 victories before it ran headlong into Arkansas’ threshing machine of athleticism.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2023
When I visited the Svosves at their homestead in Mduzi, a semi-arid area with grey-coloured stony soil, members of the family were crowded around a threshing machine spitting out buckets of grain.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2022
One might wonder why entrepreneurs and investors keep lining up for the privilege of being channelled into what has become a vast financial threshing machine.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020
He invented a part of a threshing machine, better, cheaper, and more efficient than any in existence.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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