Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A veterinary physician. Also called cow-leech.

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Examples

  • Then, however, he determined to try a cow-doctor, who in two weeks set him on his pins again.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various

  • To this dictum we rather demurred, and resolved to send for a cow-doctor, and see if she could be cured; if not, to take care she was not converted after her death into "country sausages," for the benefit of London consumers of those dainties.

    Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it Miss Coulton

  • Times_, one of Alfred's warmest friends, published a feature article, a brief history of Alfred's career, touching on his newspaper experiences, however, omitting the cow-doctor experience.

    Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

  • Prateapace and Gadabout have returned to the church, whereupon the Rev. the cow-doctor has stirred up the wrath of the chapel by a very strong discourse upon backsliding.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various

  • As soon as Mr. Plumb heard of this he declared that the cow-doctor was taking the bread out of his mouth, but Ward told him if that was the case he ought to have another drink, and after having it he became comatose and unobstructive.

    Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Charles Turley 1904

  • A man, who called himself a veterinary surgeon, but was described by Mr. Plumb as a cow-doctor, said he would give Collier a certificate of ill-health; I do not remember from what disease he was supposed to be suffering.

    Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Charles Turley 1904

  • There seemed to be a reasonable chance of a row, for Mr. Plumb wasn't without supporters who were as tired of us as we were of them, but Jack Ward managed to get hold of the cow-doctor and persuaded him to find some vehicle to help us on our way.

    Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Charles Turley 1904

  • "And if any one takes to her bed," said Irais, "Elizabeth always calls in the cow-doctor."

    Elizabeth and Her German Garden Elizabeth von Arnim 1903

  • Theodore would not be sorry if his enemy the Abouna died, and that he would be angry if he knew that the Bishop had been brought in contact with the Europeans, they decided on refusing his request; though they consented to the attendance of the _cow-doctor_.

    Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Dr. Henri Blanc 1871

  • "Cold, bully Penmore!" ejaculated Hal Dockett, -- farrier, horse-leech, and cow-doctor in ordinary to the town of Bodmin and its neighbourhood ...

    Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864

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