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milkshed

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[milk-shed] / ˈmɪlkˌʃɛd /

noun

  1. a region producing milk for a specific community.

    the St. Louis milkshed.


Etymology

Origin of milkshed

1925–30, milk + shed 2, on the model of watershed

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Three years ago a new character appeared in the milkshed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The plea that only local milkshed milk is sanitary had become an outright racket, and the racketeers are afraid that after the war it will be hard to get the old milkshed barriers raised again.

From Time Magazine Archive

The strikers answered that if the "milkshed" was extended they would extend the strike, 'make it nationwide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since the "milk war" of 1883 there has been little peace in the milkshed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like Alexandria and Falls Church, the county's other major shipping centers, Herndon served what was known as a "milkshed" area, that is a community whose milk could be transported to that locality without spoiling.

From Frying Pan Farm by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

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