hay|mak|ing

hay|mak|ing
hay|mak|ing «HAY MAY kihng», noun.
1. = haying. (Cf.haying)
2. Figurative. the act of gaining from opportunities; a making hay: »

the haymaking of the profiteer after the war (W. R. Inge).


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