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thick milk

American  

noun

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


Regionalisms

See clabber.

Example Sentences

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An extra thick milk shake with two straws?

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

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 Francatelli, Charles Elmé

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 Wrong, George McKinnon

They brought with them a present of a little thick milk, of which they begged the travellers' acceptance, and then went away highly gratified with the interview.

From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Huish, Robert

In the course of the conversation some one happened to remark that although the arrangements might be countrified enough, the viands were too town-like; "No country meal is complete without thick milk."

From Tales of Two Countries by Archer, William