The Chichevache is a mythological European monster fabled to feed on good women. In Geoffrey Chaucer`s Canterbury Tales, this human-faced cow is perpetually starved to skin and bone due to the scarcity of obedient and faithful wives. The Bicorne or Bycorne, a counterpart to the Chichevache which fed on obedient and kind husbands, was reputedly fa....
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• (n.) A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.
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Chiche'vache` noun [ French
chiche lean +
vache cow.] A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.
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In English folk-lore, the Chichevache was a monster that fed on obedient wives. It was reported to be a thin and emancipated creature, unlike it's fat and well fed rival the Bicorn that fed on men bullied and commanded by their wives.
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