haycock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of haycock
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at hay, cock 3
Vocabulary lists containing haycock
Example Sentences
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She had been concealed in a haycock, and had, at one point, spent a week hidden in a potato hole in a cabin which belonged to a family of free Negroes.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
Then they went along to the next haycock and pitched that in the same way, and little John raked after, raking up the hay that had dropped from the pitchforks.
From The Sandman: His Farm Stories by William J. Hopkins
I am innocent of having ever endangered the life of a haycock.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen
It was not unlike a haycock of immense size, with a door in the side, or like the half of a cocoanut turned upside down.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables
Yes; Gianetto was concealed in your haycock there, but my little cousin showed me his trick.
From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by Prosper M?rim?e
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