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haymaking

  • a word derived from haymaker.
    haymaker
    noun
    a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.

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For the tourists' benefit, Vlkolinec puts on traditional craft demonstrations, from sewing folk costumes and gingerbread decorating to mowing and haymaking.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Miss Burke already worked on the farm every day, driving the tractor, haymaking, helping with the horses, sheep, ducks and goats and as a typical 25-year-old, she was posting films on her own account.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

"By May half-term, my husband is usually silaging, once we get into summer it's haymaking and harvest. October half-term, he's usually drilling crops for next year's harvest, and until recently we farmed turkeys at Christmas."

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

Visitors could even help with haymaking or shearing sheep.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2017

Laborers were cocking the hay for the first harvest. 03-01 and 09-01 watched them with some interest and exchanged views on haymaking and the weather.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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