Dairymaid

  • 41milkmaid — mɪlkmeɪd n. dairymaid, girl or woman who milks cows …

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  • 42milkmaids — mɪlkmeɪd n. dairymaid, girl or woman who milks cows …

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  • 43dairy — noun (plural dairies) 1》 a building or room for the storage, processing, and distribution of milk and milk products. 2》 milk and milk products collectively. adjective containing or made from milk. ↘concerned with or involved in the production of… …

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  • 44milkmaid — n. Dairymaid …

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  • 45milkmaid — milk•maid [[t]ˈmɪlkˌmeɪd[/t]] n. a dairymaid • Etymology: 1545–55 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 46dairy — /ˈdɛəri / (say dairree) noun (plural dairies) 1. a place, as a room or building, where milk and cream are kept and made into butter and cheese. 2. a shed equipped with milking machinery where cows, goats, etc., are milked; bails; milking shed. 3 …

  • 47dairy — ► NOUN (pl. dairies) ▪ a building for the processing and distribution of milk and milk products. ► ADJECTIVE 1) made from milk. 2) involved in milk production. DERIVATIVES dairying noun. ORIGIN …

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  • 48dairying — dairy ► NOUN (pl. dairies) ▪ a building for the processing and distribution of milk and milk products. ► ADJECTIVE 1) made from milk. 2) involved in milk production. DERIVATIVES dairying noun. ORIGIN …

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  • 49dairy — [13] Etymologically, a dairy is a place where a female kneader of bread works. The term for such an operative in Old English was dǣge, which came from the same Indo European base (*dheigh ) as produced dough and the second syllable of lady. In… …

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  • 50dairy — [der′ē] n. pl. dairies [ME daierie < daie, dairymaid < OE dæge, (female) bread maker < dag, DOUGH + erie, ERY] 1. a building or room where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made 2. DAIRY FARM 3 …

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