mower

plural mowers

1. A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass on lawns.
2. A farm machine used in hay production (sickle mower, finger-bar mower).
3. A person who cuts grass.

   They especially liked to be with the mowers in the hay-making season, seating themselves, greatly to their satisfaction, on the long thick branch of a maple-tree, among the dense foliage.

   1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 93

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   “My roses are yellow,” it answered; “as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne, and yellower than the daffodil that blooms in the meadow before the mower comes with his scythe.”

   1888, Oscar Wilde, “The Nightingale and the Rose”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales, London: Duckworth, published 1928, page 43

4. One who mows (makes grimaces).

   moppers and mowers

alternative Mawer · alternative Mowers

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a mower of hay.