MILKMAID

dairymaid, milkmaid

(noun) a woman who works in a dairy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

milkmaid (plural milkmaids)

(historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm

Source: Wiktionary


Milk"maid`, n.

Definition: A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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