单词 | green top |
释义 | > as lemmasgreen top (b) spec. Chiefly British. A lid used to seal a milk bottle, esp. a foil or (later) plastic lid, the colour of which usually indicates the type of milk. Frequently in gold top, silver top, or green top, referring, respectively, to milk from Jersey or Guernsey cows, whole milk, or unpasteurized milk (originally as modifiers).Gold Top is a proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΚΠ 1930 Essex Newsman 1 Feb. 1/6 Another useful gadget was a celluloid milk-bottle top, in the concave side of which was fixed a tiny spear for piercing and removing the cardboard stopper. 1972 ‘C. Fremlin’ Appointment with Yesterday xii. 93 ‘Everything goes down the waste-disposal!’ But not dead matches. Or milk-bottle tops. 1980 S. J. Gould Panda's Thumb (1982) vii. 81 Several species of tits learned to pry the tops off English milk bottles and drink the cream within. 1980 Daily Mirror Feb. 1/1 The retail price of a pint of ordinary silver top milk goes up from 15p to 16½p. 1984 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Aug. I was amazed at the amount of bumf delivered..each morning with the daily paper and the pint of gold top. 1999 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 2/7 Annual £90 hygiene checks must..be held on the 400 farms producing ‘green top’. 2011 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 18 Aug. 15 We can now collect drinks bottle tops, milk tops, and other plastic bottle tops at our shops..and have them recycled. < as lemmas |
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