milk train

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noun Informal.

a local train running through the early hours of the morning.

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Origin of milk train

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Words nearby milk train

milk stout, milk sugar, milk thistle, milk toast, milk tooth, milk train, milk vetch, milkweed, milkweed beetle, milkweed bug, milkweed butterfly

How to use milk train in a sentence

When Milk Train first stopped in New York in 1963, the critics jeered.
Tennessee Williams' Forgotten Masterpiece|Janice Kaplan|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Many of his plays, including Milk Train, are based on characters that originated in his short stories.
Tennessee Williams' Forgotten Masterpiece|Janice Kaplan|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Local police believe that the man was killed some time after midnight, possibly by the San Francisco milk train.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
But then he would be an hour over his leave in getting back to camp late to-night on a milk train.
Tom Slade with the Colors|Percy K. Fitzhugh

The milk-train was about an hour overdue, which would make it about due in the South.
Quick Action|Robert W. Chambers
The milk train came suddenly in sight through the tunnel, like a lighted thread going through a needle.
The City of Fire|Grace Livingston Hill
If I get fired fer not being there fer the early milk train, there'll be no more fat jobs fer youse.
The City of Fire|Grace Livingston Hill