What does killcow mean?
Killcow means (obsolete) A butcher..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A butcher..
Of all occupations that now adays are used / I would not be a butcher, for that's to be refused; / For whatever is gotten, or whatever is gained, / He shall be call'd Kill-cow, and so shall be named.
And how do I look now? Like one that was begotten under a butcher's stall, I warrant, and born in a slaughter-house? I know there's never a Kill-cow i' th' city becomes a woollen apron better than I do.
Muster his arrant braveries together, and where such a terrible kill-cow, or such a vengeable bull-beggar, to deal withal?
Use killcow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Killcow means (obsolete) A butcher..
Common synonyms include killbuck, killcalf.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Of all occupations that now adays are used / I would not be a butcher, for that's to be refused; / For whatever is gotten, or whatever is gained, / He shall be call'd Kill-cow, and so shall be named.
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