share-milking

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

share-milking (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of sharemilking
    • 2017, Lorraine Wood, Love and Addiction, →ISBN:
      We bought a herd of 200 cows and did a 50/50 share-milking deal with a local farmer.
  2. The practice of allowing the calf, young sheep, etc, continue to suckle while milking the mother for human consumption.
    • 1969, The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture - Volume 119, page 69:
      Further observations on smaller groups have shown even more share-milking by calves.

Verb[edit]

share-milking

  1. present participle and gerund of share-milk
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