Definitions

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  • noun The practice of two or more parties jointly purchasing all or part of a butchered cow and dividing the meat between them.
  • verb Present participle of cowpool.

Etymologies

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cow +‎ pooling, by analogy with carpooling.

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Examples

  • When you add the savings of cowpooling or other bulk meat/poultry/game storage, it won't be long before your freezer will pay for itself.

    Mark's Daily Apple 2009

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  • Purchasing a whole cow or side of beef from a local farmer and sharing the cost among multiple families. Blend of cow and carpooling. (WordSpy)

    June 10, 2008

  • Or, sharing a cow-ride to work.

    June 10, 2008

  • You know, a person could get their clean feet dirty riding a cow ;-)

    That could result in "you-know-what" jam.

    June 11, 2008

  • Cowjams - what cowpooling is intended to alleviate.

    June 11, 2008

  • Touché Monsieur Clean Feet!

    June 11, 2008

  • Rural mutant cows on Monster Island go cartipping.

    June 11, 2008

  • The infighting often is grueling,

    With lying betraying and dueling

    As people take dibs

    On haunches and ribs.

    It's cutthroat, the world of cowpooling.

    March 28, 2015