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  • noun Plural form of milkman.

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Examples

  • Yes, he recalls the milkmen fondly, acknowledging that he and his friends used to follow them on their rounds and pilfer some of their doorstep leavings.

    DN_EarthtoPhilly 2009

  • With a fortune valued at £4.2bn and brands such as Topshop and Dorothy Perkins in his Arcadia stable, Green has long eschewed listed companies within the retail world, memorably declaring that "floats are for milkmen".

    Profile: Philip Green 2011

  • Every generation loses entire job categories -- think milkmen.

    Marc Joseph: Is It Time To Be an Entrepreneur? Marc Joseph 2012

  • Every generation loses entire job categories -- think milkmen.

    Marc Joseph: Is It Time To Be an Entrepreneur? Marc Joseph 2012

  • But, just like milk, the music will still have value, just not the milkmen.

    Matthew Yglesias » Marginal Costs and Average Costs 2010

  • The day milk bottles and the neighborhood milkmen were replaced by milk cartons from the grocery store was a jolting one for this young child, as well as for his sympathetic and caring mother.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • (This may be a US vs. UK thing, but Americans gave up on milkmen a long time ago).

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 2 2009

  • The day milk bottles and the neighborhood milkmen were replaced by milk cartons from the grocery store was a jolting one for this young child, as well as for his sympathetic and caring mother.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • With a fortune valued at £4.2bn and brands such as Topshop and Dorothy Perkins in his Arcadia stable, Green has long eschewed listed companies within the retail world, memorably declaring that "floats are for milkmen".

    Profile: Philip Green 2011

  • The day milk bottles and the neighborhood milkmen were replaced by milk cartons from the grocery store was a jolting one for this young child, as well as for his sympathetic and caring mother.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

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