haycation

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noun

A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounhaycation (plural haycations)

plural haycations

  1. A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.

    In a world where small farmers need to diversify to keep their fields afloat and city dwellers are more desperate than ever to learn where their food comes from, a "haycation" for about the price of a nice hotel room in Manhattan didn’t seem like such a far-fetched idea.

    2009 August 25, Kim Severson, “$300 a Night? Yes, but Haying’s Free”, in The New York Times

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APA

haycation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haycation

MLA

“haycation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haycation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haycation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haycation.

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