[tlhIngan Hol] lawn mower

[Terrence Donnelly]

To add another data point: I have a party book from 1917, and it advises people to hold outdoor parties on a freshly-shaved lawn. So not even the English is perfectly consistent over time.
ter'eS

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For that reason, I think {magh chIpwI'} is better for "lawn mower". (There's another, completely subjective reason. I grew up watching my uncle cut turf, which involves not trimming the grass, but cutting out entire sections of a mat of grass, with sod still attached. The machine that does that, I would immediately describe as a {magh pe'wI'}, and describing a lawn mower with the same term feels just incorrect.)
QeS 'utlh

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