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ˈcow-keeper
A keeper of cows, a dairyman.
1680Otway Caius Marius iv. i, Heav'n keep me a Cow-keeper still—I say. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. II. 10 June, Let. i, [He] had his head broke by a cow-keeper. 1842Longfellow Sp. Stud. i. ii, Now here's my master Victorian; yesterday a cowkeeper and to-day a gentleman. 1886Mrs. E. Lynn Linton in Fortn. Rev. Oct. 509 A lady of rank is a cowkeeper and profits by her dairy-farm.
So ˈcow-keeping vbl. n., dairy-farming; ppl. a., that keeps cows, that manages a dairy farm.
1883A. R. Wallace Land Nationaliz. 121 The habits of thrift and forethought encouraged by cowkeeping and dairying. 1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 870 This bull-field has since been..occupied by a great cow-keeping landlord. |