milk train
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of milk train
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Around the Yankees, .180 hitters usually catch the first milk train back to the farm.
From Time Magazine Archive
The milk train of history, having stopped at Tenth Street to pick up the Abstract Expressionists, could not be expected to halt at so remote a siding as Abiquiu, N. Mex.
From Time Magazine Archive
Morning after morning four summers ago, the conductor and brakeman of a milk train which passed daily, noticed a brown-haired young Italian standing by the track before an easel, painting the granite yard.
From Time Magazine Archive
She used to get up at five or six in the morning to catch the milk train and loved it.
From Time Magazine Archive
James Mills, injured at Pewaukee, October 21st, got on milk train for the purpose of stealing a ride.
From Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention by Richards, R. C.
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