hay rake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hay rake
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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Carl Tiflin still drove her to a light cart, and she pulled on a hay rake and worked the Jackson-fork tackle when the hay was being put into the barn.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
We had a breaking plow, a mowing machine, a hay rake and a hay baler, all horse-drawn.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Clarence Edgar Johnson
"Mebbe I haven't; but if you fellows know an aut'mobile from a hay rake, you might take a look in my big barn an' let me know what you see."
From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Arthur Jerome Eddy
After considerable discussion, he decided to purchase a side delivery hay rake and a windrow loader, chiefly on account of the speed with which hay could be gotten in with this combination.
From Hidden Treasure by John Thomas Simpson
He was as fresh as a collard and as ingenuous as a hay rake.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
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