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| has gloss | eng: A milkmaid or milk maid is a girl or woman employed to milk cows. She also used the milk to prepare dairy products such as cream, butter, and cheese. The term is not a female equivalent of milkman and is now largely obsolete due to the use of automated milking machines in the modern dairy industry and because milking cows is no longer considered to be exclusively "women's work". |
| lexicalization | eng: Milk maid |
| lexicalization | eng: Milkmaid |
| instance of | c/Professions |
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| Danish | |
| has gloss | dan: En malkepige er betegnelsen for en kvinde, oftest ung pige, der stod for malkningen af en gårds køer. Malkepigers arbejde bliver i moderne landbrug normalt foretaget af malkemaskiner. |
| lexicalization | dan: Malkepige |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Ein Milchmädchen ist laut Grimmschem Wörterbuch (Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1885, Bd. 6 S. 2195) ein Mädchen das die Milch besorgt und sie auch feil hat. |
| lexicalization | deu: Milchmädchen |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | |
| has gloss | nno: Budeie er ei tradisjonell yrkesnemning for ei kvinne som har ansvaret for fjøsstellet på ein gard eller seter. |
| lexicalization | nno: budeie |
| Norwegian | |
| has gloss | nor: Budeie er en tradisjonell yrkesbetegnelse for en kvinne som har ansvaret for fjøsstellet på en gård eller på en seter. |
| lexicalization | nor: budeie |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Johannes Vermeer - De melkmeid.jpg |
| media:img | Köln-poll-milchmädchen 291104.jpg |
| media:img | Statue de la laitière normande.jpg |
| media:img | Vermeer Melkmeid.jpg |
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