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milking |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Milk \Milk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Milked}; p. pr & vb n. {Milking}.] 1. To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of ``Milking the kine.'' --Gay. I have given suck, and know How tender 't is to love the babe that milks me --Shak. 2. To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows. 3. To draw anything from as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder. --Tyndale. They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock. --London Spectator. {To milk the street}, to squeeze the smaller operators in stocks and extract a profit from them by alternately raising and depressing prices within a short range; -- said of the large dealers. [Cant] {To milk a telegram}, to use for one's own advantage the contents of a telegram belonging to another person. [Cant]
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