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noun, plural cows, (Archaic) kine.
Idiom1.
the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
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the female of various other large animals, as the elephant or whale.
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Informal. a domestic bovine of either sex and any age.
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Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a large, obese, and slovenly woman.
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Offensive. a woman who has a large number of children or is frequently pregnant.
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till/until the cows come home, for a long time; forever: You can keep arguing till the cows come home, but I won't change my mind.
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Until the cows come home
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| Main Entry: | until the cows come home |
| Part of Speech: | adv |
| Definition: | for a very long or indefinitely long time |
| Example: | He stayed out until the cows came home. |
| Etymology: | 1610 |
| Usage: | informal |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
cow
1605, probably from O.N. kuga "oppress," of unknown origin, but perhaps having something to do with cow (n.) on the notion of easily herded.
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Slang Dictionary
cow definition
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