| 释义 |
milko, n. and int.|ˈmɪlkəʊ|
Also milk-o, milk-oh.
[f. milk n.1 + O int.]
A. n. A milkman. slang.
1911Answers 11 Feb. 362/3 Milk-O! on the Make... Many of the milk-o! fraternity boast [of]..their..stealings. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 31 May 12/1 It is difficult to imagine a man looking like Il Duce while filling a billycan, but I have seen our milko perform the feat. Ibid. 5 July 20/3 One of Sydney's milk-ohs. 1958Daily Mail 25 Oct. 5/2 The milko..has become the milk salesman. 1968D. Ireland Chantic Bird i. 6, I remember the milk tap I turned on in old Bay Road, the milko chased me all the way home.
B. int. A shout made by a milkman to indicate that milk is available.
1916‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xii. 232 'E wus drivin' one o' these 'ere milk-carts an' shoutin' ‘Milk-o!’ artside th' 'ouses. 1967L. Deighton London Dossier 132 The milkman shouting ‘milko’ as he leaves milk on a doorstep. |