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milkboys

milkboys is the plural of milkboy.

Meaning of milkboy

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

Questions about milkboys

What is milkboys the plural of?
Milkboys is the plural of milkboy.

Words near milkboys in the dictionary

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

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