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Children wearing cowboy boots and oversized belt buckles led heifers and steers around a shiny, new show area.—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 16 Oct. 2025 There were posing frames with the biggest pumpkin, a bragging-sized giant cotton rainbow bass and a cutout and directions for posing with a giant heifer.—Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025 Of the nearly 90 million, there were 37.2 million cows and heifers that calved, or gave birth, so far this year.—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 23 July 2025 The beef market phenomenon is likely to extend years as ranchers wait for heifers to mature into calf-breeding cows, DeLay said.—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for heifer
Word History
Etymology
Middle English hayfare, from Old English hēahfore
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of heifer was
before the 12th century
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