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cow colleges

cow colleges is the plural of cow college.

Meaning of cow college

Noun

cow college (countable and uncountable, plural cow colleges)

  1. (derogatory, slang) An agricultural university or college.
    • He thought he had read someplace (perhaps in one of his classes at the University of Maine at Farmington, a cow college from which he had graduated with absolutely no honors at all) that a severe shock to the nervous system sometimes had that very effect […]1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
    Synonyms:
    Moo U, Silo Tech

Questions about cow colleges

What is cow colleges the plural of?
Cow colleges is the plural of cow college.

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