milk float

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noun British.

a motor vehicle, usually battery powered, in which bottles or cartons of milk and other dairy products are delivered to homes by a daily or regular route.

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Origin of milk float

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby milk float

milk crust, milk duct, milker, milk fever, milkfish, milk float, milk glass, milk gravy, milking machine, milking parlor, milking shed

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How to use milk float in a sentence

In the meantime, Epstein has tried to use his charitable projects to float him back to the top.
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And, with Coca-Cola announcing the launch of a new milk product, the beverage could be back in our hands before we know it.
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He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
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Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
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You can go as deep as you like, or float about on the surface.
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One frequently wishes to ascertain the specific gravity of quantities of fluid too small to float an urinometer.
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And right after that, some nice sour milk would come splashing down into the trough of the pen.
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As soon as he was in it Squinty ran over to the trough, hoping there would be some sour milk in it.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
He watched the man put some bread and milk in a tin pan, and set it down on the floor of the basket.
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"Getting back home," answered Squinty, as he took a big drink of sour milk.
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British Dictionary definitions for milk float

milk float

noun

British a small motor vehicle used to deliver milk to houses

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