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milk glass

American  

noun

  1. an opaque white glass.


milk glass British  

noun

  1. opaque white glass, originally produced in imitation of Chinese porcelain

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of milk glass

First recorded in 1870–75

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Show off your collection of milk glass or vintage Pyrex by adding an extra shelf on top of your kitchen cabinets.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2022

Sentences undulate until they are brought up short by staccato bursts — like those Vidya uses to describe her urgent hunger: “Sweets: yogurt: milk: cream: milk: milk: milk, glass after glass, until I was sick.”

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2021

The page stopped by Manchin’s desk a fourth time to deliver a coaster for the milk glass that he forgot the first two times into the cloakroom.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2020

We used it on a $25 Craigslist picnic table and a $4 shade from the hardware store, de-countrifying a sweet tag-sale milk glass lamp.

From Washington Post Sep. 22, 2015

A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

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