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Definition of Lawn mower

1. Noun. Garden tool for mowing grass on lawns.

Definition of Lawn mower

1. Noun. Any form of machine, having rotating blades, used to cut grass. ¹

2. Noun. A person who mows lawns using a lawnmower. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawn Mower

Literary usage of Lawn mower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manufacturing in Philadelphia, 1683-1912: With Photographs of Some of the by John James Macfarlane (1912)
"... of the Pennsylvania lawn mower, has so improved these machines that they have a high rank wherever lawn mowers are used. The SL Allen Company, ..."

2. The Radical by Sidney H.. Morse, Joseph B.. Marvin (1869)
"^n The Lawn-Mower has become indispensable to all owners of lawns who value ... The only difficulty in procuring and using a lawn mower heretofore has been ..."

3. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight (1880)
"Hay rake, and chilled iron plow. GRAHAM, EMLEN, & PASSMORE, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia lawn mower. HILLS' ARCHIMEDEAN lawn mower Co., Hartford, < 'mm. ..."

4. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"Lawn-mower. L 13 and 14. 672 439 Nellis, AJ, Pittsburg, Pa. ... 672 442 Hills' Archimedean Lawn-Mower Co., Hartford, Conn.—Lawn-mowers. ..."

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