heifer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of heifer
First recorded before 900; Middle English hayfre, heighfer, Old English hēa(h)f(o)re; of uncertain origin; perhaps equivalent to hēah “high” + -fore (perhaps akin to Greek póris “heifer”); high ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The heifer has now been returned home, and is said to be "fit and well".
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024
His brother, David Workman, killed in a fall off a cliff as he rode a mule in the dark in search of a lost heifer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
On that October morning in 2018, Ethan found his father dead in the heifer shed, his raincoat draped neatly over a door nearby.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023
Back home later in the week, he rose before the sun on Saturday to help his daughter load a 1,000-pound heifer named Iris into a cattle trailer.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022
The heifer was scrambling to her feet in a cloud of dust and looking like she didn’t know any more about what had happened than I did.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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