moo-cow

• moo cow
• moocow

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmukaw/

moo-cow (plural moo-cows)

1. (childish or affectionate) A cow.
   • 1914, Irvin S. Cobb, Europe Revised

     At the end of the line nearest the Arch, under a flary light, stood an old bearded man having the look on his face of a kindly but somewhat irritated moo-cow.

   • 1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

     Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo....