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adj
Harmful to the weaker party in a conflict or collision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, humorous, not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From a remark attributed to railway engineer George Stephenson, said to have been asked what would happen if one of the new steam locomotives ran into a cow, and to have replied that it would be "bad for the coo" (Scots for cow).
