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witch's milk

witch's milk noun: milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies.

Noun

witch's milk (uncountable)

  1. Milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies.
    • Left alone, witch's milk disappears in about 20 days.2005, Judith Lauwers, Anna Swisher, Counseling the Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant's Guide, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 119
    Synonyms:
    neonatal milk

Synonyms of witch's milk

Origin of witch's milk

From the belief in European folklore that such milk was a source of nourishment for witches' familiars.

Questions about witch's milk

What does witch's milk mean?
Witch's milk means milk secreted from the breasts of newborn babies.
What part of speech is witch's milk?
Witch's milk is a noun.

Words near witch's milk in the dictionary

  1. witch's hat
  2. witch's horse
  3. witch's knot
  4. witch's ladder
  5. witch's ladders
  6. witch's milk
  7. witch's moneybags
  8. witch's stirrup
  9. witch's stirrups
  10. witch's teat
  11. witch's teats

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