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milking parlor

American  

noun

  1. a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.


Etymology

Origin of milking parlor

First recorded in 1945–50

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Nearby, workers herded some of the animals onto a rotating platform within the farm’s milking parlor and quickly attached pumping equipment.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2024

One of the two people who had antibodies worked in the farm’s cafeteria adjacent to the milking parlor — alongside farmworkers but not cattle.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2024

This includes bathrooms, the expo hall and the milking parlor.

From Seattle Times Aug. 30, 2021

The two rotating carousels of this milking parlor operate 22 hours a day, milking 7,900 cows three times each.

From New York Times Oct. 5, 2016

Jaya pressed a button on the side of the milking parlor and the door hummed open.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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