bucket baby
n.— «Since then, Walker has been negotiating with the USDA but secured clemency for only his four “bucket babies,” pet elk he’d bottle-fed as calves.» —“Fear of disease triggers elk slaughter” by Pam Zubeck Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado) Sept. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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