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Word: milkmaid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...outfitted in the costumes of 1881. For those who prefer emasculated albeit musical Gilbert & Sullivan to no Gilbert & Sullivan, the production will serve. The plot, as all should know, satirizes Oscar Wildian esthetics, which it quite drove out of business. Precious Poet Bunthorne captivates 20 lovesick maidens but not milkmaid Patience, whose true love is a simpler fellow, Poet Grosvenor. Her example sends the love-sick maidens to the arms of robust Dragoons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Jun. 6, 1927 | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

...suckling. The milkmaid's fingers imitate on the animal's teats the suckling action of the young one's mouth and tongue muscles. This prolonged lactation may continue until the beast is again heavy with young, when it ceases. The mother needs all her resources for conception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Milk | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

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