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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The practice of two or more parties jointly purchasing all or part of a butchered cow and dividing the meat between them. uncountable

   "Cowpooling, however, is far more involved than simply grabbing a sirloin from the grocery freezer."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of cowpool form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"Cowpooling, however, is far more involved than simply grabbing a sirloin from the grocery freezer."

Etymology

From cow + pooling, by analogy with carpooling.

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