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milkmaid

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for milkmaid.

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Or is there something in the biographies of each milkmaid that causes them to become...

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Quick take

(historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for milkmaid.

noun

(historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

Example sentences

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Or is there something in the biographies of each milkmaid that causes them to become...

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But then I'm neither an expert on the topic nor a lawyer, so this is milkmaid patent advice really.

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When a milkmaid picks up a cowpox infection, do we run around screaming that there's no proof the cows had cowpox?

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I checked a video of Milkmaid of the Milky Way (2017) and sure enough, the environments are 3D with heavy stylization.

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Jenner took material from a cowpox sore on milkmaid Sarah Nelmes’ hand and inoculated it into the arm of James Phipps, the 9-year-old son of Jenner’s gardener.

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My niece is (was) a Milkmaid in Switzerland.

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Marie Antoinette's Petit Trianon, where she dressed up as a peasant girl and played at being a milkmaid, is a potent symbol of how out of touch the monarchy had become.

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I owe the milkmaid example to my Calc 3 professor, many years ago, though I later realized that I'd probably altered it a little from his version.

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Last year's Milkmaid Of The Milky Way and Thimbleweed Park are artistically head and shoulders above the QFG series, but allow only one solution for each puzzle, so they feel like guessing games instead of worlds.

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>the doctor took pus from the cowpox lesions on a milkmaid’s hands and introduced that fluid into a cut he made in the arm of an 8-year-old boy named James Phipps.

Quote examples

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I remember pkayung the adventure game “Milkmaid of the Milky Way” and loving the style.

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That's what's called a "Milchmädchen Rechnung" (milkmaid calculation) in German.

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The Milkmaid is comparatively small painting (~18×16" according to Wiki) and I was not only able to view it up incredibly close and in detail but also it was a quiet time for visitors and I had the painting all to myself.

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Second, "Our wedding was the antithesis of the technology-infested world we live in; a world that I have played a role in creating." No, not really, any more than Marie Antoinette was a milkmaid.

Proper noun examples

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I recall getting remarkably close to Vermeer's Milkmaid, in fact so close I could study it in detail.

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(Picasso's paintings have never impacted me to that degree.) Around several corners and not far away were some Vermeers including The Milkmaid.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use milkmaid in a sentence?

Or is there something in the biographies of each milkmaid that causes them to become...

What does milkmaid mean?

(historical) A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

What part of speech is milkmaid?

milkmaid is commonly used as noun.