单词 | sharemilk |
释义 | sharemilkv. New Zealand. 1. transitive. To raise (a herd of dairy cows) or work on (a dairy farm) as a sharemilker. Cf. milk v. 1a, 1f. ΚΠ 1909 Hawera & Normanby (N.Z.) Star 1/7 (advt.) Wanted, a full-handed, strong milker... Suitable man has first chance of share milking the herd next season. 1937 D. C. Gordon & F. Bennett Gentlemen of Jury ii. 67 Two months later the mother is ‘out in the sheds’ helping to share-milk 100 cows. 2003 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 5 May Andrew and Jackie Siemelink..sharemilk 270 cows on a 120ha farm at Papamoa, owned by Jack and Jill By De Ley. Their goal is to one day own their own 400-cow farm in the Te Puke area. 2003 Taranaki (N.Z.) Daily News (Nexis) 26 June They milk 350 Friesian cross cows on 120ha and also sharemilk an adjoining 60ha property with a herd of 180 mainly Jersey cows. 2. intransitive. To work as a sharemilker. ΚΠ 1910 Taranaki (N.Z.) Daily News 30 June 7/3 Mr. M. D. Rodgers, who has been share-milking for Mr. John Lawn.., has taken over the herd belonging to Messrs Greenway Bros., milked for several years by Mr. Joe Thompson. 1963 N. Hilliard Piece of Land 82 He'd share-milked for three years. 2013 A. Thompson Life Changing (e-book, accessed 26 Nov. 2021) i. 14 My mother..was New Zealand's first woman dairy herd improvement tester and sharemilked in partnership with her older brother. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < v.1909 |
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