black cow
Americannoun
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Midwestern U.S. a root beer float containing vanilla ice cream.
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chocolate milk.
Example Sentences
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"Drink your big black cow and get outta here."
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2017
On a recent afternoon, a black cow was sleeping under a tree, the leaves just starting to turn yellow.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2011
He was a big black cow, you know, bigger than the Angus, and sort of woolly-haired .
From Time Magazine Archive
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Black Cow Sirs: Guzzlers know the "black cow" is composed of root beer and cream.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For Josh to so nonchalantly trot through the mare’s legs, as well as the legs of the black cow pony, then back to me, came in the form of a message....
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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