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dairy

/ˈdɛɚ.i/ noun B1
  1. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk. (uncountable)
  2. A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese. (countable, uncountable) · Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.
  3. A dairy farm. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A shop selling dairy products. (countable, uncountable) · Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?
  5. A corner store, superette or minimart. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A woman's breast. (countable, slang, uncountable)

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“A milk boy, passing on his way to the dairy, happened to walk down the lane which leads from the mews at the back of the hotel.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 69 · B2
Marilla sniffed, to express her contempt for Matthew’s opinions concerning anything feminine, and walked off to the dairy with the pails.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 61 · C1
Marilla worked fiercely and scrubbed the porch floor and the dairy shelves when she could find nothing else to do.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 101 · C1
The next day, Jack worked for a dairy farmer.
Lazy Jack, p. 1 · B1

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