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- noun Plural form of
sickleman .
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Examples
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[442-34] The _sicklemen_ are reapers called from the harvest fields to make merry.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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You sun-burn'd sicklemen, [442-34] of August weary,
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary, Come hither from the furrow and be merry.
Act IV. Scene I 1909
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[Enter certain Nymphs] You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary,
The Tempest 1611
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Literally taken, the word means sicklemen.] belonging to the city of La Laguna.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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She then summons "You sunburnt sicklemen of August weary [guys toiling in the fields, cutting down the grains with sickles], come hither from the furrow and be merry.
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