hayride

American  

[hey-rahyd] / ˈheɪˌraɪd /

noun

1. a pleasure ride or outing, usually at night, by a group in an open wagon or truck partly filled with hay.

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Etymology

Origin of hayride

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; hay + ride

Example Sentences

Lewis absorbed country music through his father’s Jimmie Rodgers records and the radio broadcasts of “The Grand Ole Opry” and “Louisiana Hayride,” where he discovered the young Hank Williams.

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Los Angeles Haunted Hayride Feel a chill up and down your spine?

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The least expensive tickets for the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride — where guests ride on trailers pulled by tractors past scary costumed actors and frightening scenes in an artificial fog-enshrouded Griffith Park — are $34.99, compared with $29 last year, up 21%.

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Christopher Stafford, chief executive and founding partner of Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group, which helps produce the Haunted Hayride and Shaqtoberfest, said guests haven’t been complaining to him about the higher prices.

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“I think people are still excited to go out for Halloween,” he said, as he stood among streams of people lining up to walk through haunted mazes and buy snacks at the Haunted Hayride event.

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