K81

To make a cow stand still—for example, when milking her—you say, “________.”

SAW 193
NR 174
SO-BOSS 153
SO 143
STAND STILL 73
HO 39
SOO 32
SOO-BOSS 28
EASY 20
WO 20
STAND 10
WO-BOSSIE 8
BE STILL 7
HO BOSS 7
SO-BOSSIE 6
WO-BOSS 6
SAW-COW 5
SO-BOSS SO-BOSS 5
STEADY 5
WHOA 5
BACK YOUR LEG 3
BE QUIET 3
HEIST 3
HO BESSIE 3
HOLD IT 3
HOLD STILL 3
SAW NOW 3
SAW-JERSEY 3
SOO-BOSSIE 3
SOO-COW 3
BACK 2
BACK UP 2
CO-BOSS 2
KEEP QUIET 2
QUIET 2
SAW-BOSS 2
SAW-BOSSIE 2
SO-EE 2
SO-GAL 2
SOO NOW 2
SOOEY 2
SOOK 2
SO-SOOKIE 2
STEADY GIRL 2
STILL 2
TAKE IT EASY 2
BACK A LEG 1
CALL BY NAME 1
CAREFUL THERE 1
CINCH COW UP WITH ROPE 1
CURSE ‘EM OUT 1
CUT IT OUT 1
CUT THAT OUT 1
EASY NOW 1
HAW 1
HO BOSSIE 1
HOBBLE THEM 1
HOLLER 1
I’LL TWIST YOUR TAIL OFF 1
JUST STAND STILL 1
KICKING RIG 1
NH 1
NOW DAISY 1
PAT HER ON THE FLANK 1
PET DOWN 1
QUIET BETSY 1
QUIET DOWN 1
REACH UP AND SLAP ‘EM 1
SAA 1
SAW SOOK SAW SOOK 1
SAW THERE 1
SAW-BESS 1
SAW-CALF SAW 1
SAW-HEIFER 1
SCHTILL DISCH 1
SLOW BOSS 1
SO AND BOSS 1
SO NOW 1
SO SO BESS 1
SO THERE 1
“SO, BACK YOUR FOOT” 1
SO-BESSIE SO 1
SO-COW 1
SO-DAISY 1
SOO SOOKY 1
SOO-BABY 1
SOO-BESS 1
SOO-BOY 1
SOOK SOOK SOOK 1
SOOK-COW 1
SOOK-JER 1
SOO-MOLLY 1
SO-SOOKIE SO 1
SO-WENCH 1
STALL 1
STAND BACK 1
STAND STILL THERE 1
“STAND STILL, YOU DEVIL” 1
STAY 1
STAY STILL 1
STEADY BOSS 1
STEADY BOSSIE 1
STOP 1
STOP THAT 1
SWEAR WORDS 1
TAKE IT STEADY NOW 1
USE HER NAME 1
WATCH YOUR STEP 1
WHOA HERE 1
WHOA-BOSS 1
WHOA-BOSSIE 1
WO WO 1
WO-BESSIE 1
WO-NOW 1

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