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Definition of Milkmaid
1. Noun. A woman who works in a dairy.
Definition of Milkmaid
1. n. A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.
Definition of Milkmaid
1. Noun. A girl or young woman who milked the cows on a farm before milking machines were introduced in the 20th century. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milkmaid
1. a woman who milks cows [n -S]
Medical Definition of Milkmaid
1. A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milkmaid
Literary usage of Milkmaid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Idle Idyls by Carolyn Wells (1900)
"I hail thee, O milkmaid! I recognise the value of thy pail in literature and art.
What were a pastoral poet without thee ? Oh, I know thee, milkmaid! ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"THE milkmaid AND HER PAIL PATTY the milkmaid was going to market carrying her
milk in a Pail on her head. As she went along she began calculating what she ..."
3. Baubles by Carolyn Wells (1917)
"Across the mead tripping, Invariably across the mead tripping, The merry mead
with cowslips blooming, With daisies blooming, The milkmaid also more or less ..."
4. Short Plays by Representative Authors by Alice Mary Smith (1921)
"milkmaid. Silly goose! She wouldn't try to escape this way. ... milkmaid. I saw
him on the way to the market one day — and when my mother wasn't looking at ..."
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