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Meaning of dog-milk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Rare form of dog milk.

form-of, rare, uncountable

Examples

“The reason for their name [Kynamolgoi] and their fictitious properties is evident from the circumstance that they kept big dogs for hunting wild oxen and Other wild animals. If the use of dog-milk is attributed to them, this may have also been merely an invention, because it is said elsewhere that they used also the milk of goats and of sheep.”
“When animals are raised directly in the zoo, the majority of them are fed by young dogmothers. This fact, says Oleson, seems to interest a great many people. Spinisters^([sic]) especially, are highly inquisitive on the subject. “Tell us, they say,” said Mr. Oleson, and you could tell by his expression that he was none too fond of spinsters. “Does not the dog-milk that they are raised on make them tame and peaceful?[”] I always look at them and I always give them the same answer. / “‘You drink milk,’ I reply. ‘Does that make you like a cow?’ / “And they always walk away very fast.””
“>Woof-grrr.... (no translation necessary) > >Rin Tin Tin What Rinty is saying is that Phill drank too much dog-milk.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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