milk run
noun
: a short, routine, or uneventful flight
Example Sentences
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Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2020 Ships carried a few hundred passengers and followed a standard route, known as the milk run. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020 Manhart and his buddies hunt a milk run of public spots that border private crop fields. Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 23 Sep. 2020 Bread-and-milk runs have become surgical raids: Sterilize the grocery cart with a disinfectant wipe, scout out the TP aisle, exchange sideways glances with the could-be infected, grab the essentials, and get the hell out of there. Josh Wilbur, Wired, 29 Mar. 2020 The combi planes also make famous milk runs through southeast Alaska, leaving Anchorage and stopping about every 45 minutes to deliver goods — including milk — to little communities before heading on to Seattle, where the airline is headquartered. Mark Thiessen, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2017 The traditional milk run won’t keep the dairy business running anymore. Paul Page, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2017 See More
Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2020 Ships carried a few hundred passengers and followed a standard route, known as the milk run. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020 Manhart and his buddies hunt a milk run of public spots that border private crop fields. Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 23 Sep. 2020 Bread-and-milk runs have become surgical raids: Sterilize the grocery cart with a disinfectant wipe, scout out the TP aisle, exchange sideways glances with the could-be infected, grab the essentials, and get the hell out of there. Josh Wilbur, Wired, 29 Mar. 2020 The combi planes also make famous milk runs through southeast Alaska, leaving Anchorage and stopping about every 45 minutes to deliver goods — including milk — to little communities before heading on to Seattle, where the airline is headquartered. Mark Thiessen, The Seattle Times, 25 Sep. 2017 The traditional milk run won’t keep the dairy business running anymore. Paul Page, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
from the resemblance in regularity and uneventfulness to the morning delivery of milk
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above