sharemilkingn.
/ˈʃɛːˌmɪlkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃɛrˌmɪlkɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈʃeəˌmɪlkɪŋ/ New Zealand.
The action or practice of dairy farming as a sharemilker.
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1903 N.Z. Mail 8 Apr. 62/2 In many cases a man and his wife without children take up share milking.
1973 Massey Ferguson Rev. (N.Z.) Mar.–Apr. 5/3 Sharemilking is an important cornerstone of the dairy industry in New Zealand.
2018 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 25 May 8 Farmers are predicting the end of sharemilking as the country moves to control the outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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n.1903- to come full circle
- to come get a cropper
- to come go all unnecessary
- to come good
- to come good for
- to come good speed
- to come halfway
- to come hat in hand to
- to come home by unhappiness
- to come home by weeping cross
- to come home to
- to come home to oneself
- to come home to roost
- to come home with the milk
- to come in
- to come in a person's will
- to come in at
- to come in at the window
- to come in between
- to come in by the window
- to come in contact with
- to come in for
- to come in for a snack
- to come in for it
- to come in for some stick