sharemilk
English
Alternative forms
- share-milk, share milk
Etymology
share + milk
Verb
sharemilk (third-person singular simple present sharemilks, present participle sharemilking, simple past and past participle sharemilked)
- To participate in sharemilking.
- 1962, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 327, page 1903:
- Young men sharemilk on farms for absentee owners who are prepared to put their money into development and increased production.
- 1992, New Zealand Grassland Association, Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association:
- The Kleyngelds sharemilk a 135-hectare dairy farm for Tasman Agriculture, converted from sheep in 1990.
- 1996, Proceedings of the Ruakura Farmers' Conference:
- Anne-Mary and I currently sharemilk 740 cows on a 235 hectare property at Morrinsville.
- 1996, G. W. Stevenson, Russell O'Harrow, & Douglas Romig, Dairy Farmer Career Paths:
- This cadet will assume primary responsibility for managing the 150-cow herd that the Berrys sharemilk on Wayne's father's farm.
-
Anagrams
- haremliks, marshlike