I've heard of livestock. Everyone's heard of livestock. But did you know that there's also dead stock? Dead stock is, basically, all of the farm stuff (tools, equipment, etc.) that is not livestock. So a tractor is dead stock. Or a harvester. And an ax handle is dead stock woodstock, maybe.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Word for the day -- Dead stock
I've heard of livestock. Everyone's heard of livestock. But did you know that there's also dead stock? Dead stock is, basically, all of the farm stuff (tools, equipment, etc.) that is not livestock. So a tractor is dead stock. Or a harvester. And an ax handle is dead stock woodstock, maybe.
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And a dead chicken is soup stock?
ReplyDeleteAnd if you make soup out of the ax handle, you get a stick stock.
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