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was milked
noun
A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
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Regular milkings took place at 0230 h and 1430 h, and the two extra milkings (during which only the right udder half was milked) took place at 0530 h and 1730 h.
Each outburst, episode and shifting turn was milked for its character and quirkiness.
The mix of talent that first year -- from ZZ Top to Mayor Ed Koch -- was milked for maximum camp value.
Most egregiously, the "Pyramus and Thisbe" skit was milked for far too much slapstick and for far too long.
The entire udder was milked on those treatments where there was an interval between milking and suckling.
The small intestine was excised and the fluid was milked into a graduated tube and the volume was measured.
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It has been milked.
"It's really been milked.
Cows were milked twice daily.
At Van Ryssel Dairy the cows are milked twice daily.
Yes, to my surprise, a horse can be milked.
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