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milklady

milklady noun: synonym of milkwoman.

Noun

milklady (plural milkladies)

  1. Synonym of milkwoman.
    • A small cart drawn by two huge dogs was approaching. In the vehicle were some milk cans. The figure of a woman guided the strange team. “This is rather early for the milklady!” laughed Jimmie.1915, G[eorge] Harvey Ralphson, “The Lena Knobloch”, in Boy Scouts in the North Sea or “Mystery of U-13”, Chicago, Ill.: M[ichael] A[mbrose] Donohue & Company, →OCLC, page 52
    • The milklady was making her rounds, with big cans of goat’s milk loaded on her patient donkey. She would pick up the waiting empty can from a doorstep, fill it from her large can, then trudge on to the next house.2005, Joanne S. Pearce, “Mykonos and Delos, Whitewashed Sugar Cubes”, in Greece: Journey to Joy […], Seattle, Wash.: Classic Day Publishing, →ISBN, page 98
    Synonyms:
    milkwoman

Synonyms of milklady

Forms of milklady

pluralmilkladies

Origin of milklady

From milk + lady.

Questions about milklady

What does milklady mean?
Milklady means synonym of milkwoman.
What part of speech is milklady?
Milklady is a noun.
What is the plural of milklady?
The plural of milklady is milkladies.

Words near milklady in the dictionary

  1. milkings
  2. milkish
  3. milkjug
  4. milkjugs
  5. milkladies
  6. milklady
  7. milkless
  8. milklessness
  9. milklike
  10. milkmaid
  11. milkmaid's yoke

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