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milk float
noun
- a motor vehicle, usually battery powered, in which bottles or cartons of milk and other dairy products are delivered to homes by a daily or regular route.
milk float
noun
- a small motor vehicle used to deliver milk to houses
Word History and Origins
Origin of milk float1
Example Sentences
The enthusiast's collection has since swelled to include plastic seals with Christmas messages written on them and photographs of electric milk floats.
She went to the grocery store where he worked and said, "Les, come out and see my milk float," and it was a big lorry.
The hum of the milk float and the clink of bottles on the doorstep was once a familiar sound of early mornings in towns and cities across the UK.
Coconut milk floats slices of rockfish that are rousing with lime and crisped with rice in one first course, enjoyed with a tapioca chip for scooping.
Electric milk floats, as they are known in Britain, have been a part of daily life for generations, with milkmen delivering glass bottles to people’s homes every morning.
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