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milch cow

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noun

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Origin of milch cow

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

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Examples from the Web for milch cow

They were paid for—underpaid, I say—but that I cared not for, as they left me one milch-cow and fodder enough to keep her.
In the Track of the Troops|R.M. Ballantyne
What necessity could there be for economy with such a milch-cow as that close to their elbows?
Castle Richmond|Anthony Trollope
I believe I have had above L200 of him, first and last; and would you lose such a milch-cow as this for want of a few compliments?
Amelia|Henry Fielding
On the other side of the hedge was the potrero, or paddock, where a milch-cow with two or three horses were kept.
The Purple Land|W. H. Hudson

And how could he raise the wind now that his milch-cow had run so dry?
Castle Richmond|Anthony Trollope