grass mowern.
/ˈɡrɑːs məʊə/, /ˈɡras məʊə/, U.S. /ˈɡræs ˌmoʊ(ə)r/ 1. A person whose job is to cut or mow grass. Cf. grass cutter n. 1. Now historical.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower
reapmanOE
reaperOE
mower1225
shearer1318
puller1332
winner1352
repstera1450
harvestman1552
scytheman1577
harvester1589
sickler1638
messor1656
cradler1766
grass mower1779
thraver1813
reapa1825
bagger1844
cradle-man1889
1779 G. White Jrnl. 13 July (1970) xii. 164 The grass-mowers complain of the heat.
1875 Justice of Peace 12 June 383/1 Five agricultural labourers came to B. and asked him to find them employment as grass mowers.
1996 J. Jackson & L. P. Moch in D. Hoerder & L. P. Moch European Migrants i. 62 Migrant workers took seasonal employment..—work as hay-makers or grass mowers, for example.
2. A machine for cutting grass; a lawnmower.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > lawn-mower
steam lawn-mower1812
grass cutter1834
grass mower1855
lawn-mower1875
grass trimmer1876
lawn-cutter1897
motor mower1907
power mower1913
lawn edger1960
Strimmer1978
1855 Liverpool Mercury 16 Mar. 2/1 (advt.) There is a bowling green, of large dimensions, with several pairs of bowls, jacks, patent grass mower, and rollers.
1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xii. 165 The grass-mower driven over the grass.
2017 Thurrock Gaz. (Nexis) 30 Oct. The investment we have made in front-line environment services through clean it, cut it, fill it—such as new grass mowers and bin lorries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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