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1  Peter was very fond of his cow.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
2  The cow had evidently been grazing somewhere in the draw.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
3  That cow not give so much milk like what your grandpa say.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVII
4  Everyone said Peter kissed the cow before she was led away by her new owner.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
5  He took us down to see his chickens, and his cow that was grazing on the hillside.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
6  She pointed toward the north, still standing in front of the cow as if she hoped to conceal it.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
7  We brought the cows home to the corner nearest the barn, and the boys milked them while night came on.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
8  I had heard our neighbours laughing when they told how Peter always had to go home at night to milk his cow.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
9  As we went toward the house, we met Ambrosch and Anton, starting off with their milking-pails to hunt the cows.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
10  He told Antonia that in his country only rich people had cows, but here any man could have one who would take care of her.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
11  If they could get through until spring came, they would buy a cow and chickens and plant a garden, and would then do very well.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
12  Mrs. Shimerda had paid grandfather ten dollars for a milk cow, and was to give him fifteen more as soon as they harvested their first crop.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVII
13  Mrs. Shimerda had run to the animal, pulled up the lariat pin, and, when we came upon her, she was trying to hide the cow in an old cave in the bank.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
14  As the hole was narrow and dark, the cow held back, and the old woman was slapping and pushing at her hind quarters, trying to spank her into the drawside.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
15  Grandmother had told me while she was getting supper that he was an Austrian who came to this country a young boy and had led an adventurous life in the Far West among mining-camps and cow outfits.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
16  Peter told his troubles to Mr. Shimerda: he was unable to meet a note which fell due on the first of November; had to pay an exorbitant bonus on renewing it, and to give a mortgage on his pigs and horses and even his milk cow.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
17  I used to wonder, when they came in tired from the fields, their feet numb and their hands cracked and sore, how they could do all the chores so conscientiously: feed and water and bed the horses, milk the cows, and look after the pigs.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX
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