单词 | slick ear |
释义 | > as lemmasslick ear slick ear n. U.S. = slick n.1 5; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > member of livestock > unbranded slick1890 slick ear1914 1914 World's Work XXVII. 447/1 Any ‘slick-ear’ (steer not marked on the ears or branded) found on the range about which inquiry was made was promptly assigned to his ownership, and ‘slick-ears’ eventually became known as ‘mavericks’. 1958 ‘W. Henry’ Seven Men at Mimbres Springs vii. 74 I'd clean forgot the slick-ear son of a bitch! 1966 H. Marriott Cariboo Cowboy iv. 48 Sometimes the cow would die for some reason or another and the calf would be left without a mother, in which case it grew up an orphan calf or a ‘slick-ear’. < as lemmas |
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