hay shock

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noun South Midland and Southern U.S.

a haycock.

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Citizens were watching in shock from above on the subway station.
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But fans still feel the death was a last-minute decision made for shock value rather than to serve the story.
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Shock at what the government considers dangerous and high risk could be read across social media.
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She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.
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Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.
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The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
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Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.
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The challenge was accepted and the hay-wagon driven round and the trial commenced.
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The violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.
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As she left the wood she saw a big hay-stack, as firm and shapely of outline as a house, not a loose wisp anywhere.
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