milkman

[ milk-man ]

/ ˈmɪlkˌmæn /

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noun, plural milk·men.

a person who sells or delivers milk.

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Origin of milkman

First recorded in 1580–90; milk + man

usage note for milkman

See -man.

Words nearby milkman

milking shed, milking stool, milk lameness, milk leg, milkmaid, milkman, milk mushroom, milko, milk of almonds, milk of human kindness, milk of magnesia

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How to use milkman in a sentence

Milkman and her colleagues published their first research on the fresh-start effect in 2014.
Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455)|Stephen J. Dubner|March 18, 2021|Freakonomics
Milkman, who co-directs the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, said strategies should be targeted instead at those who are persuadable — first to get them to agree to being vaccinated and then to roll up their sleeves.
Now that there’s a coronavirus vaccine, how do you persuade people to take it?|Frances Stead Sellers|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
(Milkman, Minson and Volpp have recently shown how this works).
The Behavioral Economics of Your New Year’s Resolutions|Uri Gneezy|January 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My dream is to read 'Tuvia the Milkman' by Shalom Aleichem in its original language.
Footing the Bill|Orly Halpern|October 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Dismissed his milkman because he was a Smith, and between you and I, I b'lieve half his opposition to you was your name.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
The milkman came, his cans rattling; now and then he shouted to his horse, or whistled, or banged upon a gate.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Jimmy says as they were talking the milkman came up and asked if they had seen his pig.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
Jimmy says the milkman's pig is being talked about in home circles; but it doesn't seem to mind, it just goes on its way.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
Once in the milk, the bacteria multiplied rapidly, so that the milkman gave out cultures of typhoid in his milk bottles.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for milkman

milkman

/ (ˈmɪlkmən) /

noun plural -men

a man who delivers or sells milk

a man who milks cows; dairyman

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