Lexicographical Neighbors of Harvesttime
Literary usage of Harvesttime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1889)
"... churls returning from the ales, drunk and quarrelsome, indulged in frequent
fights, which often resulted fatally; at harvesttime peasants were attacked ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1893)
"I must get back to the village by harvesttime.” Smith-Jones gave Dittu the rupee.
He rode into camp sedately; he wrote his judgment still more sedately; ..."
3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Martha Joanna Lamb, Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, John Austin Stevens (1893)
"... opened fire with the most bitter word-weapons and the most startling war rumors
conceivable. It was to be their harvesttime—to reap while others sowed. ..."
4. Malaria and Greek History by William Henry Samuel Jones (1909)
"... the general drift of which seems to be that poor countryfolk constantly fall
ill during their exertions at harvesttime. Indigestion and constipation ..."