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milch
CIDE DICTIONARY
milch, a. [OE. milche; akin to G. melk, Icel. milkr, mj, and to E. milk. See Milk.].
- Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts. [1913 Webster]
- Tender; pitiful; weeping. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
milch, adj. (of a domestic mammal) giving or kept for milk.
Idiom
milch cow a source of easy profit, esp. a person.
Etymology
ME m(i)elche repr. OE mielce (unrecorded) f. Gmc: see MILK
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