Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A man who sells or delivers milk to customers.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A man who sells milk; especially, one who goes from door to door serving milk to families.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A man who sells milk or delivers it to customers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who delivers milk

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Examples

  • "Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as ... as a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF," announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • Apparently, the milkman was a subject of fond kidding between them: she really did like the milkman, and he became a family friend.

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

  • DINSE: Well, our understanding at this point was information from the milkman, which is widely known, regarding a car that he saw and a license plate that had the numbers 266.

    CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2002 2002

  • He was perfectly aware that the milkman was a rare one with his jokes.

    The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories 1928

  • The life of a milkman is a busy one, but I found time to mumble my Greek roots as I trotted in and out of the cellars.

    From the Bottom Up Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941 1910

  • I believe Rupert really believed that the milkman was a fairy; for a second he seemed to accept him as having vanished.

    The Club of Queer Trades 1905

  • The milkman was a widower, looking out for a wife, and Marianne, as she said, could skim cream with anybody; so it was only natural that they should have a great deal to say to each other, and that measuring the milk at that particular gate should be a slow business.

    Nine Little Goslings Susan Coolidge 1870

  • The milkman is a very nice man, and, by way of making himself pleasant, said, rather complainingly, that the weather kept very dry.

    The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Samuel Butler 1868

  • There were four children in our family and we drank a lot of milk, so having a milkman was a necessary luxury.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories David LeSueur 2009

  • Swedish 'milkman' loses breastfeeding battle translation

    The Local - Sweden's news in English 2009

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  • "Ask the postman,

    Ask the mailman,

    Ask the milkman...

    White with foam!!!"

    --Firesign Theatre

    October 13, 2007