milch cow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of milch cow
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
Example Sentences
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The ancestor of the European milch cow was the ox-like wild aurochs, which finally went extinct in the 17th century.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2012
That the people of Austria desire me to continue President I do not for one moment doubt . . . during my incumbency much Austrian wit has been expended on my champion milch cow, Bella.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vice President Rutskoi denounced the new economic treaty as "banditry" that would allow the other republics to treat Russia as a "milch cow," then changed his mind when Ukraine pulled out.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cuba had for centuries been "the milch cow of Spain," and had given to Spain far more than she had ever received in return.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
By the latter people the province of Belvedere on the Peneus was called, in consequence of its fertility, “the milch cow of the Morea.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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