male cow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of male cow
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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“Spiders don’t have a conventional sense of smell, he said. “So all those things are best describable as the term for the end product of a male cow.”
From Washington Post
They wouldn’t hesitate tew say male cow.
From Project Gutenberg
An extraordinary affectation of propriety appeared in a dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution of October 29, 1912, which reported that an exhibitor of cattle at the State fair had been seriously horned by a male cow.
From Project Gutenberg
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