haymakern.
1. A man or woman employed in making hay; esp. one engaged in lifting, tossing, and spreading the hay after it is mown.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > haymaking > haymaker
haymaker1528
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 582/36 Fenissa, a heymakere.
1528 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) For mete & drynk for the hay makers.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. H3 A womans smile is as good to a Louer, as a sunshine day to a Haymaker.
1770 J. Wesley Jrnl. 28 July A shower brought all the haymakers home.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. iii. 15 For the refreshment of the thirsty haymakers.
2. An apparatus for shaking up and drying hay.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > haymaking apparatus
tuskar1808
shaker1812
haymaking machine1826
tedding-machine1843
haymaker1853
tedder1877
wuffler1978
1853 Catal. Royal Agric. Soc. Show Gloucester 67 Patent Improved Double Action Haymaker.
1862 J. Wilson Farming 149 Haymakers are valuable implements.
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3. plural. The name of a country-dance. Also called haymakers' jig.
4.
a. A swinging blow. slang or colloquial.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > swinging or sweeping
rounder1875
round-hander1887
swing1908
haymaker1912
roundhouse1932
1912 G. Ade Knocking Neighbors 87 Every time he landed a crushing Hay-Maker on her Family History she countered with a short-arm Jolt.
1918 Amer. Mag. Apr. 113/3 ‘Gitteloutahere,’ panted Slough, aiming a hay~maker at Doug.
1924 Glasgow Herald 18 July 10 It was not at all improbable that Eagan would bring over a ‘haymaker’ and put the Englishman out.
1925 J. J. Corbett Roar of Crowd 87 I deliberately pulled my right back and swung ‘hay-makers’ at Choinyski, intending to miss him.
1938 I. Kuhn Assigned to Adventure xxix. 305 Mrs. Medvedeff..emerged once more and landed a haymaker on her husband's chin.
1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xlii. 442 ‘I'm going to punch Captain Black right in the nose the next time I see him,’ gloried the chaplain, throwing two left jabs in the air and then a clumsy haymaker. ‘Just like that.’
1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) xxii. 189 Rising from a collision, he had thrown off his glove and landed a haymaker.
b. Cricket. A sweeping stroke with the bat.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke
long ball1744
nip1752
catch1816
no-hit1827
cut1833
short hit1833
draw1836
drive1836
square hit1837
skylarker1839
skyer1840
skyscraper1842
back-cut1845
bum1845
leg sweep1846
slog1846
square cut1850
driver1851
Harrow drive1851
leg slip1852
poke1853
snick1857
snorter1859
leg stroke1860
smite1861
on-drive1862
bump ball1864
rocketer1864
pull1865
grass trimmer1867
late cut1867
off-drive1867
spoon1871
push1873
push stroke1873
smack1875
Harrow drive1877
pull-stroke1880
leg glance1883
gallery-hit1884
boundary-stroke1887
glide1888
sweep1888
boundary1896
hook1896
leg glide1896
backstroke1897
flick1897
hook stroke1897
cover-drive1898
straight drive1898
square drive1900
edger1905
pull-drive1905
slash1906
placing stroke1907
push drive1912
block shot1915
if-shot1920
placing shot1921
cow-shot1922
mow1925
Chinese cut1937
haymaker1954
hoick1954
perhapser1954
air shot1956
steepler1959
mishook1961
swish1963
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1954 J. H. Fingleton Ashes crown Year 117 Davidson tried his luck with a hay-maker off Tattersall and Graveney..took a splendid catch.
1955 Times 24 June 14/2 There were only a few haymakers from Wardle left.
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