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reaper

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reap⋅er

  [ree-per]
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–noun
1. a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
2. a person who reaps.
3. Grim Reaper.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME reper, OE ripere. See reap, -er 1
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reap·er   (rē'pər)   
n.  One that reaps, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Computing Dictionary

reaper
A prowler that GFRs files. A file removed in this way is said to have been "reaped".
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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