milk round

British  

noun

1. a route along which a milkman regularly delivers milk

2. 1. a regular series of visits, esp as made by recruitment officers from industry to universities

   2. ( as modifier )

      milk-round recruitment

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Example Sentences

Short ranges and low top speed were unimportant for a milk round but near-silent running meant customers could sleep.

From Economist • Feb. 15, 2018

Dad made windows and at one point Mum was doing the milk round in the morning, two parcel rounds during the day and working in my nan's chippy at night.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2016

Connery arrived before the show to give her a "spontaneous" tour of his old milk round, acting as a decoy for the BBC production team.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2011

It was a time when the milk round was at its height, when graduate recruitment was a buzzword and when major companies scoured universities trying to tempt people in.

From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2010

He came running back, with a white circle of milk round his lips.

From The Leatherwood God by Howells, William Dean