Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who milks.
  • noun An apparatus for milking cows mechanically.
  • noun A cow or other animal that gives milk: usually with a qualifying term.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows.
  • noun A cow or other animal that gives milk.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a dairy cow
  • noun a person who, or a machine which, milks
  • noun a conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun cattle that are reared for their milk

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Examples

  • The cadence of an efficient milker is almost like a good, strong heartbeat.

    Frosty mornings in the sierras 2007

  • The cadence of an efficient milker is almost like a good, strong heartbeat.

    Frosty mornings in the sierras 2007

  • Thought Tommy Graham (ex MP for West Renfrewshire and expenses milker par excellence) worth protecting?

    Archive 2009-06-01 Alan Smart 2009

  • If so, they would know that they could not entice a picker, shaker or milker from the unemployment lines in any city.

    Getting Workers Down on the Farm 2011

  • A hard worker who knew her way round an automatic milker.

    Three Mississippi Sally Houtman 2011

  • Thought Tommy Graham (ex MP for West Renfrewshire and expenses milker par excellence) worth protecting?

    I Must Write Alan Smart 2009

  • She was half Jersey, and half Holstein, a heavy milker.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • According to her records she was a good milker, giving forty pounds—a little less than five gallons—of milk per day, which made her a steady, if not spectacular, producer.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • I have several people who would like to apply for the job of milker please.

    Milk, It Does A Body Good | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • Another proves to be an exceedingly balky milker, creating all sorts of frustrations.

    Ah, Wilderness 2009

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