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[ milk-man ] / ˈmɪlkˌmæn /
noun, plural milk·men.a person who sells or delivers milk. Origin of milkmanFirst recorded in 1580–90; milk + man usage note for milkmanSee -man. Words nearby milkmanmilking stool, milk lameness, milk leg, milk line, milkmaid, milkman, milk mushroom, milko, milk of almonds, milk of human kindness, milk of magnesia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for milkman(Milkman, Minson and Volpp have recently shown how this works). The Behavioral Economics of Your New Year’s Resolutions|Uri Gneezy|January 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST My dream is to read 'Tuvia the Milkman' by Shalom Aleichem in its original language. Footing the Bill|Orly Halpern|October 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST The dairyman poured rich milk into his shining bottles and packed them into the milkman's wagon. Tell Me Another Story|Carolyn Sherwin Bailey If one of the neighbours changed his milkman, or there came so much as a new muffin man to the square, we were all agog. A Flat Iron for a Farthing|Juliana Horatia Ewing
She was roused by the milkman at the area door, and hastened down to light the fire. More Pages from a Journal|Mark Rutherford It held three cans of milk, and we couldn't make up our minds whether the farmer had intended them for the milkman or for us. Into the Jaws of Death|Jack O'Brien So he went out and he hopped up and down the street, and he looked up and down, but no milkman could he see. Uncle Wiggily's Travels|Howard R. Garis
British Dictionary definitions for milkman
noun plural -mena man who delivers or sells milk a man who milks cows; dairyman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |