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milch
/mɪlt͡ʃ/
adj 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
fierce, young
VERB + MILCH
embrace, like, meek-eyed
MILCH + NOUN
cow, cows, doe
Definitions
adj
1
Used to produce milk; dairy.
so many cattle […] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce […] Texas steers.
2
Currently producing milk for its offspring.
She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break.
you must house your Milch-cows
3
Tender; pitiful; weeping.
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so many cattle […] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce […] Texas steers.
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She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break.
Wiktionary03
you must house your Milch-cows
Wiktionary04
No domestic animal, in proportion to its weight, needs as much water as a milch cow.
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