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glints in the milkman's eye

glints in the milkman's eye is the plural of glint in the milkman's eye.

Meaning of glint in the milkman's eye

Noun

glint in the milkman's eye (plural glints in the milkman's eye)

  1. (UK, humorous) Someone or something that has not been born or conceived yet.
    • It’s no wonder then that, musically, from Summer Camp to Best Coast, we’ve stepped into a sepia time machine recently, transported back to a golden age where romance abounded and Justin Bieber was a mere glint in the milkman’s eye.2010, Lisa Wright, “Album review: Twin Shadow - Forget (4AD)”, in NME

Questions about glints in the milkman's eye

What is glints in the milkman's eye the plural of?
Glints in the milkman's eye is the plural of glint in the milkman's eye.

Words near glints in the milkman's eye in the dictionary

  1. glinting
  2. glintingly
  3. glintings
  4. Glinton
  5. glints
  6. glints in the milkman's eye
  7. glinty
  8. glio-
  9. glioblast
  10. glioblastoma
  11. glioblastoma multiforme

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