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milch

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milch  (mlch)
adj.
Giving milk: a milch cow.
[Middle English milche, from Old English -milce (in thrmilce, May, month when cows can be milked thrice a day); see melg- in Indo-European roots.]
milch [mɪltʃ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (modifier) (esp of cattle) yielding milk
milch cow Informal a source of easy income, esp a person
[from Old English -milce (in compounds); related to Old English melcan to milk]
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Adj.1.milch - giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production; "milch goats, milch camels"


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Sometimes, indeed, the neighbours thought it strange that the rich Miller never gave little Hans anything in return, though he had a hundred sacks of flour stored away in his mill, and six milch cows, and a large flock of woolly sheep; but Hans never troubled his head about these things, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things the Miller used to say about the unselfishness of true friendship.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Wilde, Oscar View in context
Red cattle, black, white, and yellow cattle; old cattle and young cattle; great bellowing bulls and little calves not an hour born; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce, long-horned Texas steers.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
She liked the pasture best where the milch cows were lying, and next to that the meadow where the grass was half-mown, and lay in silvered sweeping lines.
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