milch cow

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milch cow

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From Middle English melche cow, mylche cowe, equivalent to milch (“yielding milk”) + cow.

noun milch cows

A cow kept for milking; a dairy cow.
A cow that produces milk (having had at least one calf).
figuratively A cash cow.
slang A German WWII submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies and transfer them to other submarines.

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@misc{milch_cow_2026,
  title = {milch cow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milch%20cow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}