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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Humble Cow

(A) A cow without horns.

“`That,' said John with a broad grin, was Grizzel chasing the humble cow out of the close.” —Sir W. Scott: Guy Mannering, chap. ix.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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