milking machine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of milking machine
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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He said he crushed his hand in an industrial milking machine in the first months of doing this work.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2023
In the centre image, a steady stream of cattle were filing on to a continuously rotating milking machine, slotting themselves into each of its bays without human intervention.
From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2019
Deep in the desert, in an air-conditioned barn, a cow steps onto a state-of-the art, mechanical carousel to have a milking machine attached to her udder.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2018
He invented a milking machine that was patented and manufactured and now stands in a museum in Kansas.
From Washington Post • May 15, 2018
This would light the stalls and warm them in winter, and would also run a circular saw, a chaff-cutter, a mangel-slicer, and an electric milking machine.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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