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haymakings

haymakings is the plural of haymaking.

Meaning of haymaking

Noun

haymaking (countable and uncountable, plural haymakings)

  1. The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
    • They especially liked to be with the mowers in the hay-making season, seating themselves, greatly to their satisfaction, on the long thick branch of a maple-tree, among the dense foliage.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 93
  2. Taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts.
    • In their haymaking days, the Spoonful created a string of '60s chestnuts: "Do You Believe In Magic?", "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice," "Daydream," "Summer In The City," "Nashville Cats."1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 330

Questions about haymakings

What is haymakings the plural of?
Haymakings is the plural of haymaking.

Words near haymakings in the dictionary

  1. haylofts
  2. Haylor
  3. haymaker
  4. haymakers
  5. haymaking
  6. haymakings
  7. Hayman
  8. Hayman Island
  9. Haymanot
  10. Haymans
  11. haymarket

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