cow1
• noun 1 a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox. 2 the female of certain other large animals, such as the elephant or whale. 3 informal, derogatory a woman. 4 Austral./NZ an unpleasant person or thing. — PHRASES till the cows come home informal for an indefinitely long time. — ORIGIN Old English.
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