cowlet
cowlet noun: a young or little cow; a female calf.
Noun
cowlet (plural cowlets)
- A young or little cow; a female calf.
- —Chicago boasts of a citizen of fine discrimination and delicacy, who, riding in the suburbs with his best girl, passed a stable in the door of which stood a couple of calves. “See,” said the young lady, “those two cute little cowlets.” “Those are not cowlets, Araminta; they are bullets.”1886, Hamilton Literary Magazine, Clippings, page 110
- A lurid lumination lights lithe Laura’s eyes, / (O, tender cowlet, kick the bucket o’er)— / A look of anger and of pained surprise, / A look that ne’er had lit those orbs before.1888, The Blue and Gold, volume 15, The Light in Laura’s Eyes, page 172
- Synonyms:
- cowling
Examples of cowlet in a sentence
- Separate all cowlets from the cows, as they drink all the milk.1913, Queensland Agricultural Journal, page 226:
- Provided with a scarlet cape, Juanito strutted forward towards the scampering cowlet. […] So in vest and black clown’s pantaloons, he provoked the cowlet and played the heavy matador.1932, Wyndham Lewis, Snooty Baronet, Haskell House Publishers Ltd., published 1971, page 201:
- Here is a picture showing a group of contented little cowlets browsing by a babbling brook. / Mr.1934, Boyce Loving, Swappers: A Comedy in Three Acts, page 25:
- Cow has been home all day busy getting the cotton seed meal and hulls ready for dinner, tending to the little cowlets and bullets and baking a bale of hay.1959, C. B. Kitchens, X-syrps from the Trickem News Chronic, page 5:
Synonyms of cowlet
Forms of cowlet
| plural | cowlets |
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Origin of cowlet
From cow + -let.
Questions about cowlet
- What does cowlet mean?
- Cowlet means a young or little cow; a female calf.
- How do you use cowlet in a sentence?
- Separate all cowlets from the cows, as they drink all the milk.
- What part of speech is cowlet?
- Cowlet is a noun.
- What is the plural of cowlet?
- The plural of cowlet is cowlets.
Words near cowlet in the dictionary
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