cowkeeper
Example Sentences
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He made a seizure of them, and heard that the animal had been sent by a person of the name of Stephens, a cowkeeper in business on Bow-common.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon
But early on the morrow—between five and six o'clock—came Will Hendra, a cowkeeper, into our courtyard with a strange tale; one that disquieted if it did not altogether astonish me.
From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Well, the next day, Jack went out again and hired himself to a cowkeeper, who gave him a jar of milk for his day's work.
From English Fairy Tales by Arthur Rackham
After leaving the cowkeeper I had that feeling of revulsion very strongly which all who know and love cows occasionally experience at the very thought of beef.
From Afoot in England by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
"Alas, Monsieur," replied the cowkeeper, bluntly, "the Baron de Pradines had very few friends in these parts, but no enemy, I think, who would serve him a turn like this."
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
