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lawnmower

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noun

a hand-operated or motor-driven machine for cutting the grass of a lawn.

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Also, lawn·mow·er.

Also called mower.

Origin:
1865–70

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lawn mower

also lawn-mower, 1869, from lawn + mower (see mow (v.)).

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