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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