people who thrash, that is, separate the
grain from the straw by beating it with a flail (an
instrument consisting of a
handle with a freely
swinging bar attached to one end). ...she cleans up the
house and cleans up the
kids and cleans up this and that and goes out and raises half a dozen chickens all in a
rush and
cooks dinner for the thrashers and so forth.
people who thrash, that is, separate the
grain from the straw by beating it with a flail (an
instrument consisting of a
handle with a freely
swinging bar attached to one end).