lawn mower

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

Also called mower.

Origin of lawn mower

First recorded in 1865–70

Enrique Sr. opened a lawn-mower shop and later became a locksmith.

Did a CIA Agent Work for the Mob? Excerpt from Evan Wright’s New Book |Evan Wright |June 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A few moments later, as Sube was trundling the lawn-mower out of the barn door he was hailed by Sim.

Sube Cane |Edward Bellamy Partridge
"I'll need to have the lawn-mower sharpened; it may be needed at any moment by the neighbors," said her brother Dan.

Bud |Neil Munro
Through a bleak mist he saw the lawn-mower, garden hose, and beetle-black car dance together in hideous nightmare.

The Rest Hollow Mystery |Rebecca N. Porter

Old Middenboro, the lawn-mower pony, stumped across the paddock and hung his sorrowful head over the fence.

Rewards and Fairies |Rudyard Kipling
Naturally, it had not seemed necessary to remove the lawn-mower.

Penrod |Booth Tarkington

lawn mower

a hand-operated or power-operated machine with rotary blades for cutting grass on lawns