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thick milk

American  

noun

  1. Hudson Valley and North Midland U.S.. clabber.


Regionalisms

See clabber.

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An extra thick milk shake with two straws?

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

The young are bluish black in colour and may be seen swimming beside their mother who feeds them with a very thick milk.

From A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 by George McKinnon Wrong

Being cut there runs out a white thick milk; in which we soak some whole corns of Pepper a whole night.

From An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape by Robert Knox

This thick milk is most excellent for children's breakfast or supper, and would be found both cheaper and better for their health than a sloppy mess of tea.

From A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes by Charles Elmé Francatelli

The children followed, as was usual, in expectation of getting thick milk.

From By Veldt and Kopje by W. C. (William Charles) Scully

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