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plough with one's heifer

plough with one's heifer is the alternative form of plow with one's heifer.

Meaning of plow with one's heifer

Verb

plow with one's heifer (third-person singular simple present plows with one's heifer, present participle plowing with one's heifer, simple past and past participle plowed with one's heifer)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, informal) To have an affair with another man's wife or to deal with the wife in order to obtain something from her husband.

Forms of plough with one's heifer

third-person singular presentploughs with one's heifer
present participleploughing with one's heifer
past participleploughed with one's heifer
pastploughed with one's heifer

Questions about plough with one's heifer

What is plough with one's heifer the alternative form of?
Plough with one's heifer is the alternative form of plow with one's heifer.

Words near plough with one's heifer in the dictionary

  1. plough the back forty
  2. plough the sands
  3. plough through
  4. plough under
  5. plough up
  6. plough with one's heifer
  7. plough-alms
  8. plough-bote
  9. plough-botes
  10. plough-man
  11. plough-men

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