cowkeeper

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One day last week a cowkeeper at Pimlico had 70 or 80 healthy cows.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

Ay," replied the cowkeeper, "and it is not only past troubles that the gentle soul has to bear, but present troubles also!

From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

Here the cowkeeper crossed himself devoutly, and his companions followed his example.

From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

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 Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth

"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 Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford