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- adjective Not
thrashed (threshed).
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Examples
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At every village stands were erected, and piles of the native corn, still unthrashed, placed upon them; some had been beaten out, put into oblong parcels made of grass, and stacked in wooden frames.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The stack that's in the haggard, unthrashed it may remain
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The seats had been removed, and beds of unthrashed wheat sheaves from the neighbouring harvest-fields were strewn upon the floor.
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
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Inside, the chief sat on a pile of unthrashed wheat.
In the Days of Poor Richard Irving Bacheller 1904
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It is almost unbelievable that such a cur should have escaped unthrashed, even among the German journalists.
Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Price Collier 1886
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Why, sir, when they have grown to be seniors, you find these men mixed up with the nonsense of their youth; you see they are unthrashed.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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Why, sir, when they have grown to be seniors, you find these men mixed up with the nonsense of their youth; you see they are unthrashed.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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I omitted to mention my wheat crop was pretty good but made rather a bad use of it, being absent in Richmond during the cutting season and soon after I got home & housed, the Mill-dam broke three times in sucession [sic], the consequence was the wheat was left unthrashed and the weavils injured very much.
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In like manner, after the proclamation of the maximum, [4242] the peasant refuses to bring his produce to market, while the revolutionary army is not everywhere on hand to take it from him by force: he leaves his crop unthrashed as long as he can, and complains of not finding the men to thrash it.
The French Revolution - Volume 3 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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The _Chondrosium foeneum_ is one of the finest fodders in the world for the food of cattle, almost equal to unthrashed oats.
The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850
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