English Explanatory Dictionary

bad for the coo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Harmful to the weaker party in a conflict or collision.

Word forms

bad for the coo

Etymology

From a remark attributed to railway engineer George Stephenson, said to have been asked what would happen if one of the new steam locomotives ran into a cow, and to have replied that it would be "bad for the coo" (Scots for cow).

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