milkman

[ milk-man ]

/ ˈmɪlkˌmæn /

a person who sells or delivers milk.

Origin of milkman

First recorded in 1580–90; milk + man¹

See -man.

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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
The dairyman poured rich milk into his shining bottles and packed them into the milkman's wagon.

Tell Me Another Story |Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
If one of the neighbours changed his milkman, or there came so much as a new muffin man to the square, we were all agog.

A Flat Iron for a Farthing |Juliana Horatia Ewing

She was roused by the milkman at the area door, and hastened down to light the fire.

More Pages from a Journal |Mark Rutherford
It held three cans of milk, and we couldn't make up our minds whether the farmer had intended them for the milkman or for us.

Into the Jaws of Death |Jack O'Brien
So he went out and he hopped up and down the street, and he looked up and down, but no milkman could he see.

Uncle Wiggily's Travels |Howard R. Garis

milkman

/ (ˈmɪlkmən) /

a man who delivers or sells milk

a man who milks cows; dairyman