Meanings
verbplow with one's heifer (third-person singular simple present plows with one's heifer, present participle plowing with one's heifer, simple past and past participle plowed with one's heifer)
present singular third person plows with one's heifer · participle present plowing with one's heifer · participle past plowed with one's heifer · past plowed with one's heifer · alternative plough with one's heifer
- datedidiomaticinformalTo have an affair with another man's wife or to deal with the wife in order to obtain something from her husband.
Origin
Biblical.
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plow with one's heifer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plow%20with%20one's%20heifer
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