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Meanings of do the milking in English

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Usage of do the milking in English
1
They have also trained their eldest son Godwin to do the milking.
Radio NZ
2
Danny, it's your gang's turn to do the milking.
The Reality Dysfunction
3
She could not even do the milking.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
4
I could do the milking and feeding and get the eggs before the children left for school.
The well and the mine
5
He wanted to do the milking.
Bridge to Terabithia
6
She dreamed that she had gone out, with her milk pail on her arm, to do the milking.
Jerusalem
7
An outfit that can't run itself without a boss ought to stay at home and do the milking.
The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days
8
Up by the dairy stood the three farm-laborers' wives who used to do the milking for the girls on Sunday evening.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
9
He had heard farmers talking to their cows when starting to do the milking act, and thought it the proper caper.
Boy Scouts on a Long Hike; Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water ...
10
She helped to do the milking and did part of the housework; she made the beds for the men and prepared their food.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
11
On Christmas day it's an earlybird rise to do the milking and then the rest of the day will be spent with the family.
Radio NZ
12
On the first morning after I left home I awoke as usual about five o'clock with the irresistible feeling that I must do the milking.
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment
13
There was the doctor to pay, and all that plaster cast thing, and of course I had to do the milking and all the work.
The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
14
Not many men did the milking before they headed to the mines.
The well and the mine
15
There were a hundred and fifty cows, and three men did the milking.
Writing for Vaudeville
16
For once the men at Stillman's ate a cold supper and did the milking.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896
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