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moo-cow en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmuːkaʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Compare German Muhkuh and Italian mucca.

Meanings

1. (childish, endearing) A cow.
   • Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo[…] 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
   • At the end of the line nearest the Arch, under a flary light, stood an old bearded man having the look on his face of a kindly but somewhat irritated moo-cow. 1914, Irvin S. Cobb, Europe Revised:

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