haystack

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English haystak, haystake, hey stak, equivalent to hay + stack.

Under the haystack, fast asleep! — The Real Mother Goose, Unknown
Under the haystack fast asleep." — A History of Nursery Rhymes, Percy B. Green
He's under the haystack, fast asleep. — At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald

hayrick, rick

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