Meaning of cammocky | Babel Free

Definitions

Having an unpleasant taste or smell because it came from a cow that ate cammock.

Southern-England, UK, dialectal, not-comparable

Examples

“Folklore English farmers certainly disliked restharrow for another reason. Although it was eaten with relish by the cows, it used to taint the taste of the milk, butter and cheese, and ‘cammocky’ butter was a nuisance in counties where restharrow is common.”

“Cammocky butter was a nuisance in Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. In the north children dug up the root and chewed it.”

CEFR level