week 11: cow

hahaha…..bovines. of the 500+ words in the oxford english dictionary that contain the letters see, oh, and double you, close to 90 per cent are related to that most mammalian of mammals: the cow.

why our ancestors chose the cow as the de facto provider of milk—a substance which a billion other species (even monotremes) are capable of producing—nobody knows for certain. but what i know beyond all doubt is that the dairy industry is the most sexist industry going. if you are a bull looking to find some work in the dairy biz, more power to you brother.

accoward · to make faint-hearted
contacowre · a quarrelsome contentious person
cow-cloom · a mixture of cow dung and clay
cowscape · a painting of a rural scene involving cows
mancowe · a baboon
scowbank · to loaf
scowles · of mine-workings, to cave in
worricow · a scarecrow; a hobgoblin

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this is a post in the ragbag word summer series. for this series, i search for words in the oh ee dee that contain a randomly generated string of 3 letters and report my findings. it is a thrill ride.