moo-cow

English

Alternative forms

• moo cow, moocow

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːkaʊ/

Noun

moo-cow (plural moo-cows)

1. (childish or endearing) A cow.
   • 1914, Irvin S. Cobb, Europe Revised:

     At the end of the line nearest the Arch, under a flary light, stood an old bearded man having the look on his face of a kindly but somewhat irritated moo-cow.

   • 1916 December 29, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:

     Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo […]