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milkboy

milkboy noun: a boy who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses; a young milkman.

Noun

milkboy (plural milkboys)

  1. A boy who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses; a young milkman.
    • It was on a morning that the milkboy came singing to the door, shrilly to the door his tuneless song, and went singing away, having measured out the milk, from his can, to the jug, with all his usual liberality.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Forms of milkboy

pluralmilkboys

Origin of milkboy

From milk + boy.

Questions about milkboy

What does milkboy mean?
Milkboy means a boy who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses; a young milkman.
What part of speech is milkboy?
Milkboy is a noun.
What is the plural of milkboy?
The plural of milkboy is milkboys.

Words near milkboy in the dictionary

  1. milkbar
  2. milkbars
  3. milkborne
  4. milkbox
  5. milkboxes
  6. milkboy
  7. milkboys
  8. milkbush
  9. milkbushes
  10. milkcap
  11. milkcaps

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