milk snake

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noun

any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.

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Also called house snake, milk adder.

Origin of milk snake

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; so called because they were said to suck milk from cows

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milk round, milk run, milk shake, milkshed, milk sickness, milk snake, milksop, milk spots, milk stout, milk sugar, milk thistle

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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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Tosi has been using cereal milk as a flavor ever since 2007, and she says it taps into a universal “memory sensor.”
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You can even buy containers of their Cereal Milk in select stores.
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And right after that, some nice sour milk would come splashing down into the trough of the pen.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
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 heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
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 snake

milk snake

noun

a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes

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