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Definition of Haymakers
1. haymaker [n] - See also: haymaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haymakers
Literary usage of Haymakers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"Dorothea — A blessed day I haymakers' SONG. BY DEKKER. haymakers, rakers, reapers,
and mowers, Wait on your Summer Queen! Dress up with musk rose her ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"Starving haymakers. AJ, June 9.—Among the rest, on Saturday, in the Evening, two
of these poor Creatures stopt a Gentleman, by taking hold of the Reins of ..."
3. Effective English: Junior by Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss (1921)
"Let some member of the English class compose a song for this sextette, to be used
in one of your school exhibitions. If boys are cast for the haymakers' ..."
4. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"CHAPTER IX TWO QUEER LITTLE haymakers THERE is nothing like a little knowledge
to make one want more. Johnny Chuck, who had gone to school only because Old ..."
5. A History of the Ancient Working People by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1889)
"... —The haymakers—Organized Fishermen—Ancient Labor brought charmingly near by
Inscriptions. Or the nine regular trade unions authorized by Numa Pompilius, ..."
6. Christian Non-resistance, in All Its Important Bearings, Illustrated and by Adin Ballou (1846)
"THE haymakers. Two neighbors were getting hay from adjoining lots of marsh land.
One had the misfortune to mire his team and load so as to require aid from ..."
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