winnowing machine
Examples
“Thus, then, have⟳ the St. Edmundsbury Monks, without express⟳ ballot-box or other good winnowing-machine, contrived to accomplish the most important social feat a body of men can do, to winnow out the man that is to govern them […] Ballot-boxes, Reform⟳ Bills, winnowing-machines: all these are good, or are not so good; — alas, brethren, how can these, I say⟳, be other than inadequate, be other than failures, melancholy to behold?”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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