Haymaking
[heimeikiŋ]
Definition
(noun.) cutting grass and curing it to make hay.
(noun.) taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts.
Typed by Jennifer--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The operation or work of cutting grass and curing it for hay.
Edited by Griffith
Examples
- Nevertheless, in the Seraphic creature with the haymaking rake, were clearly to be discerned the rudiments of the Patriarch with the list shoes. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Jo talks about the country where we hope to live sometime--the real country, she means, with pigs and chickens and haymaking. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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