Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A special form of box freight-car with end platforms and passenger-car springs, used for the transportation of milk in cans.
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Examples
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Aubrey and Stephen had a common milkman and often they drove out in the milk-car to Carrickmines where the cows were at grass.
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Aubrey and Stephen had a common milkman and often they drove out in the milk-car to Carrickmines where the cows were at grass.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922
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Aubrey and Stephen had a common milkman and often they drove out in the milk-car to Carrickmines where the cows were at grass.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922
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Aubrey and Stephen had a common milkman and often they drove out in the milk-car to Carrickmines where the cows were at grass.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 1911
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