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witches' milk

witches' milk is the alternative form of witch's milk.

Meaning of witch's milk

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

Questions about witches' milk

What is witches' milk the alternative form of?
Witches' milk is the alternative form of witch's milk.

Words near witches' milk in the dictionary

  1. witches' hair
  2. witches' hats
  3. witches' knickers
  4. witches' ladder
  5. witches' ladders
  6. witches' milk
  7. witches' Sabbat
  8. witches' Sabbath
  9. witches' Sabbaths
  10. witches' Sabbats
  11. witches' stairs

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