hayfield
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hayfield
Example Sentences
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On the way to dinner, the Patils noticed a property for sale in Amissville, Va. It was a hayfield with no utilities or driveway, but they saw the possibilities.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021
“Every single rancher downstream from these places will benefit from this,” he said as he stood in a sunny hayfield along the Colorado River just outside the town of Kremmling.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
They were captured in the hayfield alongside the jail.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2020
Blume and his wife were also furious that the workers had dug up their hayfield to install the pipe.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2018
He doesn't know about the smell of a hayfield and eating beans off the vine instead of from the store.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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