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reaper
/ˈɹiːpɚ/
noun 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
able, extended, grim, maximum
VERB + REAPER
don't, fear, got, said
REAPER + NOUN
we'll
ADV.
slowly
Definitions
noun
1
One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
Even as we looked some rumour seemed to have spread, for we saw the reapers hurrying from the fields.
2
A machine used to harvest crops.
3
Ellipsis of Grim Reaper.
Thereafter when their cups were brimmed anew with foaming wine the Red Foliot spake among them and said, “O ye lords of Witchland, will you that I speak a dirge in honour of Gorice the King that the dark reaper hath this day gathered?”
Don't fear the Reaper / We'll be able to fly
4
A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.).
noun
1
Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles.
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Even as we looked some rumour seemed to have spread, for we saw the reapers hurrying from the fields.
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Thereafter when their cups were brimmed anew with foaming wine the Red Foliot spake among them and said, “O ye lords of Witchland, will you that I speak a dirge in honour of Gorice the King that the d
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Don't fear the Reaper / We'll be able to fly
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"It's war," said the Grim Reaper and put his scythe aside to get onto the combine harvester.
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The Grim Reaper slowly extended his right arm towards Yanni.
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Ziri's Halloween costume reminded Rima of the Grim Reaper.
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