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weaner|ˈwiːnə(r)|
[f. wean v. + -er1.]
†1. One who takes care of a young person. Obs.
1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 131 Plato..admonished all nursses and weaners of youth, that they should [etc.].
2. A calf or lamb weaned during the current year; also, a pig or any other animal weaned during the current year. Also attrib. Cf. weanyer. orig. Austral. and N.Z.
1865R. Henning Let. 19 Aug. (1966) 208 He takes the heaviest flock of all, 2,200 weaners. 1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. I. 137 These are the weaners to be looked after. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer xi, Wether, hogget, ewe, weaner. Ibid., You won't have that weaner flock drafted before breakfast. 1928Daily Express 3 Feb. 5/2 Instruction is given in..the rearing of calves for stock, for market as ‘weaners’, and for sale as veal. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 63/1 Pigs sold as weaners through saleyards. 1958Times 29 Sept. 2/7 Though weaner prices fell..during 1957/58, high prices for fat pigs are still reflected in the store market. 1969T. West in R. Blythe Akenfield xi. 179, I want to produce weaner-pigs... Are you interested? 1981–2Deer Farmer (N.Z.) Summer 10/3 The trial of disbudding of 80 to 100 weaner bucks will start in March next year. Ibid. 16/2 A herd of 300 New Zealand wapiti and wapiti-red hybrid females, is run at Criffel, along with 200 bulls, and 30 male and 30 female New Zealand wapiti weaners. 1984N.Z. Farmer 12 Apr. 12/1 The cattle policy is to winter all weaners. |