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What does the word ‘ox’ mean around here?

OX 671
NR 138
ANY COW USED AS A DRAFT ANIMAL 22
BULL BROKEN TO WORK 21
STEER BROKEN TO WORK 19
NH 16
STEER 14
CASTRATED BULL 13
OXEN 6
STEER USED FOR WORK 4
WORK ANIMAL 4
DRAFT ANIMAL 3
STEER BROKE TO WORK 3
STEER USED AS A DRAFT ANIMAL 3
WORK STEER 3
ANY STEER USED AS A DRAFT ANIMAL 2
BIG OLD STEER 2
BIG STEER 2
BULL 2
COW 2
CUT BULL 2
WORK OX 2
“MALE TREATED–CASTRATED–AND USED LIKE A HORSE, A WORK OX” 1
“ONES THAT THEY USED TO TRAIN TO PULL A WAGON, ALTERED SOME WAY” 1
“STEER, IN ONE SENSE OF THE WORD, BROKE TO WORK” 1
ANCIENT COW 1
ANIMAL 1
ANIMAL FOR PULLING HEAVY LOADS 1
ANIMAL LIKE A COW 1
ANIMAL THAT DRAWS A PLOW–NON-MILK-PRODUCING 1
ANIMAL THAT YOU WORK 1
ANY ANIMAL BROKE TO WORK 1
ANY BULL 1
ANY COW USED AS A HORSE 1
ANY COW USED TO WORK 1
BEAST OF BURDEN ENTIRELY 1
BEEF BROKE TO WORK 1
BIG PERSON 1
BIG STEER BROKE TO WORK 1
BULL ALTERED AND WORKED 1
BULL BROKE TO WORK 1
BULL BROKEN AS A DRAFT ANIMAL 1
BULL BROKEN TO A CART 1
BULL BROKEN TO HARNESS 1
BULL CALF THAT WAS ALTERED EARLY 1
BULL THAT WORKS 1
BULL THAT’S BEEN CASTRATED 1
BULL THAT’S BEEN CUT 1
BULL TRAINED FOR WORK 1
BULL USED AS A DRAFT ANIMAL 1
BULL USED FOR WORK 1
CASTRATED ANIMAL 1
CASTRATED BULL BROKEN TO WORK 1
CASTRATED BULL CALF 1
CASTRATED BULL THAT IS TRAINED TO WORK 1
CASTRATED BULL TRAINED 1
CASTRATED BULL USED AS A DRAFT ANIMAL 1
CASTRATED BULL USED FOR DRAFT 1
CASTRATED BULL USED FOR WORK 1
CASTRATED BULVINE 1
CASTRATED MALE 1
CASTRATED MALE COW 1
CASTRATED MALE USED FOR WORK 1
CLUMSY PERSON 1
COW BROKEN TO WORK 1
COW TRAINED FOR WORK 1
COW TRAINED TO WORK 1
COW WITH HORNS USED FOR WORK ANIMALS 1
CUT BULL OR STEER USED FOR WORK 1
DE-NUTTED BULL 1
DEER LARGER THAN ORDINARY ONES 1
GELDED BULL 1
LARGE ANIMAL LIKE A COW USED FOR PULLING VEHICLES 1
LARGE STEER BROKEN TO WORK 1
MALE ANIMAL 1
MALE ANIMAL CASTRADED WHEN IT’S YOUNG–USED AS WORK ANIMALS 1
MALE BEAST OF BURDEN 1
MALE COW 1
MALE COW USED FOR WORK 1
MATURE CASTRATED BULL 1
MULE HITCHED TO A YOKE 1
OLD OX 1
OLDER STEER NOT USED FOR WORK 1
OX COW 1
OXENS 1
REAL OXEN 1
SAME AS STAG 1
SOMEBODY PRETTY BIG 1
SOMETHING THAT THEY USED TO WORK 1
SPECIAL KIND OF COW 1
STAG 1
STEER OR CASTRATED BULL 1
STEER THAT IS CUT AND YOKED UP FOR WORKING 1
STEER THAT’S WORKED 1
STEER USED FOR A WORK ANIMAL 1
STEER USED TO WORK GROUND 1
STEERED COW 1
TOUGH COW 1
TRAINED STEER 1
WHEN USED TO DRAW COVERED WAGON 1
WORK ANIMAL OF COW VARIETY 1
WORK ANIMAL THAT’S BEEN OPERATED ON 1
WORKING ANIMAL 1
WORKING STEER 1
YOUNG OX 1

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