haycock

Example Sentences

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She had been concealed in a haycock, and had, at one point, spent a week hidden in a potato hole in a cabin which belonged to a family of free Negroes.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

It was like an immense luminous haycock, which rose from the horizon and touched the great ring round the moon.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof

The top piece of the hill is curiously symmetrical, and resembles a haycock or a thimble.

From Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England by Smith, W. P. Haskett

Yes; Gianetto was concealed in your haycock there, but my little cousin showed me his trick.

From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by M?rim?e, Prosper

This little haycock exhaled a penetrating fragrance, the essence of forest, grass, and sunshine, which the mare sniffed at longingly.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz