weed cutter

noun

1. a hand implement, often powered by electricity or a gasoline motor, for cutting weeds or trimming grass and often utilizing a rotating nylon cord as the cutting blade.

Word History and Origins

Origin of weed cutter¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

He was the operator of the weed cutter.

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It was a weed cutter, still boxed, and too late to put to work cutting tall grass and brush that might help a fire take hold and spread.

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If you have ever been tortured with lumbago, you have a slight knowledge of what races up and down the back of a weed cutter.

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