hit the hay

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A reference to how farmers tend to stuff the hay from their farms into sacks and then lie down on top of said sacks when they go to sleep.

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hit the hay (third-person singular simple present hits the hay, present participle hitting the hay, simple past and past participle hit the hay)

  1. (slang) To go to bed.
    • 1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in The Sheriff's Son:
      "Time to hit the hay," Dave yawned. The bartender called "Good-night" as Dingwell went out of the swinging doors.

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