Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A man who sells or delivers milk to customers.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man who sells milk; especially, one who goes from door to door serving milk to families.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A man who sells milk or delivers it to customers.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who delivers milk
Examples
“Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as ... as a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF," announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka.”
“Apparently, the milkman was a subject of fond kidding between them: she really did like the milkman, and he became a family friend.”
“DINSE: Well, our understanding at this point was information from the milkman, which is widely known, regarding a car that he saw and a license plate that had the numbers 266.”
“He was perfectly aware that the milkman was a rare one with his jokes.”
“The life of a milkman is a busy one, but I found time to mumble my Greek roots as I trotted in and out of the cellars.”
“I believe Rupert really believed that the milkman was a fairy; for a second he seemed to accept him as having vanished.”
“The milkman was a widower, looking out for a wife, and Marianne, as she said, could skim cream with anybody; so it was only natural that they should have a great deal to say to each other, and that measuring the milk at that particular gate should be a slow business.”
“The milkman is a very nice man, and, by way of making himself pleasant, said, rather complainingly, that the weather kept very dry.”
“There were four children in our family and we drank a lot of milk, so having a milkman was a necessary luxury.”
“Swedish 'milkman' loses breastfeeding battle translation”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘milkman’.
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milk phrases/words
how milk is used
it's no use cryin..., milk abscess, milk ambry, milk and molasses, milk and roses, milk arrowroot, milk ass, milk bag, milk bank, milk bar, milk-bar cowboy, milk-barred and 314 more...
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Unneutered
These politically incorrect words for people contain the element 'man', 'son', or 'boy'.
parson, person, layman, businessman, clergyman, chairman, cameraman, craftsman, craftsmanship, fireman, fisherman, gunman and 50 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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Under Milk Wood
moonless, night, starless, bible-black, cobblestreets, silent, hunched, courters-and-rabbits, invisible, limping, sloeblack, crowblack and 95 more...
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Archaic Occupations
Some of these professions still exist today but the word for them has changed; some (mason or boatswain, for example), are still in use but are included for their rich historical associations. Som...
yeoman, summoner, chandler, ostler, carter, chapman, slaver, mason, cordwainer, cooper, glazier, dyer and 187 more...
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Firesign Theatre
See also thtownse's open list, here.
pickle, rocky rococo, third eye, ruthlessly, doggedly, antelope freeway, emphysema, frog, spasmodic, isle of langerhans, postman, mailman and 47 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for milkman.
chained_bear "Ask the postman,
Ask the mailman,
Ask the milkman...
White with foam!!!"
--Firesign Theatre Oct 12, 2007