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n. - Someone who delivers cheese, cream, and other foods and beverages.

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Usage examples (39)
  • He was perfectly aware that the milkman was a rare one with his jokes.
  • There were four children in our family and we drank a lot of milk, so having a milkman was a necessary luxury.
  • 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.
  • I believe Rupert really believed that the milkman was a fairy; for a second he seemed to accept him as having vanished.
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