milch
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milch
(mĭlch)adj.
Giving milk: a milch cow.
[Middle English milche, from Old English -milce (in thrīmilce, May, month when cows can be milked thrice a day); see melg- in Indo-European roots.]
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milch
(mɪltʃ)n
1. (Agriculture) (modifier) (esp of cattle) yielding milk
2. milch cow informal a source of easy income, esp a person
[C13: from Old English -milce (in compounds); related to Old English melcan to milk]
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milch
(mɪltʃ)adj.
(of a domestic animal) yielding milk.
[1250–1300]
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