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noun
- a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.
- Slang. a punch delivered with great force, especially one that results in a knockout.
noun
- a person who helps to cut, turn, toss, spread, or carry hay
- Also called: hay conditioner either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
- boxing slang a wild swinging punch
mid-15c. as the name of an agricultural occupation (hay-making is attested from c.1400); 1910 in the sense of “very strong blow with the fist,” from hay + agent noun of make; the punch probably so called for resemblance to the wide swinging stroke of a scythe. Haymaker punch attested from 1907.