"milkery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milkeries [plural]
Etymology: From milk + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|milk|ery}} milk + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} milkery (plural milkeries)
  1. A place where animals are milked.
    Sense id: en-milkery-en-noun-p5Zqfday Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1974, Suzy McKee Charnas, The Slave and the Free: Walk to the End of the World, Motherlines, New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, published 1999, page 65",
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          "ref": "2013, Martin W. Bowman, A Bridge Too Far?, Pen & Sword Aviation",
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