cow college
an agricultural college.
a small, relatively unknown rural college.
Origin of cow college
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How to use cow college in a sentence
In his post-graduate year in cow college, Dick devoted himself to laboratory work and cut all lectures.
The Little Lady of the Big House | Jack LondonDon't forget, my daughter, that your father knows the books as well as any cow college graduate from Oregon.
Theft | Jack LondonBeen driving those cow-college boys down at Berkeley plumb crazy, I'll bet a prize colt!
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch | Jackson Gregory
Other Idioms and Phrases with cow college
An agricultural college; any small, relatively unknown rural college. For example, He's never published a paper, but he might do all right in some cow college. This term uses cow in the somewhat pejorative sense of “provincial.” [c. 1910]
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