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bullamacow

bullamacow noun: a bull or cow; cattle.

Noun

bullamacow (countable and uncountable, plural bullamacows)

  1. (countable, Pacific islands) A bull or cow; cattle.
    • […] bulls, cows and steers were everywhere lumped indiscriminately under the certainly inclusive term "bullamacow," though if they especially wanted to indicate a cow they spoke of a "bullamacow mary."1932, The Mid-Pacific Magazine, volume 43, page 148
    • A bullamacow belonging to the defendants escaped from their land […]1984, The Solomon Islands Law Reports, page 55
  2. (slang, uncountable) Tinned beef.
    • […] 4 bag rice, 24 tin bullamacow.1911, Jack London, The Cruise of the Snark

Forms of bullamacow

pluralbullamacows

Questions about bullamacow

What does bullamacow mean?
Bullamacow means a bull or cow; cattle.
What part of speech is bullamacow?
Bullamacow is a noun.
What is the plural of bullamacow?
The plural of bullamacow is bullamacows.

Words near bullamacow in the dictionary

  1. bullace plums
  2. bullaces
  3. bullae
  4. Bullagreen
  5. Bullaharre
  6. bullamacow
  7. bullamacows
  8. bullanock
  9. bullantic
  10. bullar
  11. Bullarah

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