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bullamacows

bullamacows is the plural of bullamacow.

Meaning of bullamacow

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
  2. (slang, uncountable) Tinned beef.
    • […] 4 bag rice, 24 tin bullamacow.1911, Jack London, The Cruise of the Snark

Questions about bullamacows

What is bullamacows the plural of?
Bullamacows is the plural of bullamacow.

Words near bullamacows in the dictionary

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

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