Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A special kind of twine for use in the binding appliance attached to a harvester; twine for a binder. See
harvester .
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Examples
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She carried with a superb air an object which seemed to be a handbag but which at second glance revealed itself as a teakwood cigarette box with a piece of binder-twine fastened to it with four-inch nails.
More Than Human Sturgeon, Theodore, 1918-1985 1953
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He paid his store bills, his binder-twine bill, his blacksmithing, and made the payment on his binder.
The Second Chance 1910
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He paid his store bills, his binder-twine bill, his blacksmithing, and made the payment on his binder.
The Second Chance Nellie L. McClung 1912
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Then he would dash over to the Black Sea coast by train, carrying with him to his estate binder-twine, nails and other appurtenances of country life; he would PREPARING FOR A NEW REVOLUTION drive out into the fields, watching the work of a new tractor, running behind it along the furrow in his frock-coat; then, a day later, he would be speeding back to town so as not to be late for a public meeting, or for some private session.
My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930
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