milch cow
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noun
Origin of milch cow
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
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Historical Examples of milch cow
You have heard of the fool who had a milch-cow, now hear the story of these other two fools.
The Kath Sarit SgaraSomadeva Bhatta
Uncle Eph, arent you ashamed, I asked, to work your milch-cow?
Dixie After the WarMyrta Lockett Avary
What necessity could there be for economy with such a milch-cow as that close to their elbows?
Castle RichmondAnthony Trollope
And how could he raise the wind now that his milch-cow had run so dry?
Castle RichmondAnthony Trollope
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 TroopsR.M. Ballantyne