- milch cow
- nouncattle that are reared for their milk• Syn: ↑dairy cattle, ↑dairy cow, ↑milk cow, ↑milcher, ↑milker• Hypernyms: ↑cattle, ↑cows, ↑kine, ↑oxen, ↑Bos taurus• Hyponyms:↑Ayrshire, ↑Brown Swiss, ↑Jersey, ↑milking shorthorn, ↑Friesian, ↑Holstein, ↑Holstein-Friesian, ↑Guernsey
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nounEtymology: Middle English milche cow, from milche milch + cow1. : a cow in milk or kept for her milk2. : a source of easily acquired gainthe tobacco … industry is regarded as one of the best … milch cows of national revenue — Canadian Horticulture & Home
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a person, an organization or a product from which it is easy to make money
Useful english dictionary. 2012.