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cow cocky

cow cocky noun: a small-scale dairy farmer.

Noun

cow cocky (plural cow cockies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A small-scale dairy farmer.
    • Three months in hospital being poked and prodded like a preize heifer and then it's the long way home for me when the last damn thing I want to do is be a cow cocky like my dad or a flamin' sheep farmer like the old man.2018, Ngaio Marsh, Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, →ISBN, page 135

Forms of cow cocky

pluralcow cockies

Questions about cow cocky

What does cow cocky mean?
Cow cocky means a small-scale dairy farmer.
What part of speech is cow cocky?
Cow cocky is a noun.
What is the plural of cow cocky?
The plural of cow cocky is cow cockies.

Words near cow cocky in the dictionary

  1. cow catchers
  2. cow cats
  3. cow chip
  4. cow chips
  5. cow cockies
  6. cow cocky
  7. cow cod soup
  8. cow college
  9. cow colleges
  10. cow corner
  11. cow corners

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