milko
/ˈmɪlkəʊ
/noun (plural milkos) informal, chiefly Australian /NZ
A person who delivers milk to homes; a milkman: when I was younger, the milkos could be heard whistling all over town...
- I am old enough to remember the milko coming to my parents' home in a horse-drawn cart.
- Who doesn't whip into Waitrose to pick up a spare pinta rather than add a "please milko one more please" note to the doorstep.
- He grew up on the streets of South Sydney, attended Marist Brothers in Randwick, became a milko and then a referee.
Origin
Early 20th century: from the milkman's standard cry of milk o!.