wet-un

English

Noun

wet-un (plural wet-uns)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A diseased cow, unfit for human food, but nevertheless sold to make into sausages etc.
   • 1849, The Farmer's Magazine, volume 19, page 142:

     The sick animals are divided into three classes — "choppers, rough-uns, and wet-uns."

See also

• staggering bob

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary