skim milk

noun

1. milk from which the cream has been skimmed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skim milk¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

And good for Bruno, bless his heart, who is truly the skim milk of pop music.

From The Daily Beast

And the iTunes story makes music—arguably the most mysterious, magical art form—as accessible and ubiquitous as skim milk.

From The Daily Beast

Drinks at the dinner table are restricted to “water and skim milk.”

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The five "wonder foods": skim milk, brewer's yeast, wheat germ, yogurt, and blackstrap molasses.

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All summer we have had three calves that came to the orchard fence twice a day to get their ration of skim milk and feeding flour.

From Project Gutenberg

The skim milk was given to the pigs, who had already increased to quite a numerous colony.

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Such milk is similar to skim milk in composition, and unless butter is made of sweet cream, buttermilk is sour.

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The most convenient and possibly the most common materials used to adulterate milk are water and skim milk.

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Because of these characteristics, this product, for which skim milk is generally used, is extensively manufactured.

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