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school milk

British  

noun

  1. social welfare (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test

"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

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The shortage is affecting the company’s ability to “fully supply some school milk orders,” according to Matt Herrick, spokesperson for the International Dairy Foods Association.

From Washington Times Nov. 3, 2023

He told the Guardian newspaper that a Dutch school milk program was thought to be one reason the population had grown so tall in recent decades.

From Washington Post Sep. 19, 2021

Organisers of the study said the films prompted conversations with the participants on everything from knitted bathing costumes, free school milk and 1960s fashion mistakes and clocking on at work.

From BBC May 17, 2012

In the 1930s depression, he pressurised the government into providing school milk.

From The Guardian Aug. 12, 2011

Rafik added, sighing in a melodramatic way, “But we do miss the school milk in little red cartons,” which made his mother put her thumb and first finger together like an alligator closing its mouth.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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