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US /ˈmɪlk.mən/ UK /ˈmɪlk.mən/
Freq #19294

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Synonyms
1 noun · a man whose job is to... milk delivererdairyman
Word family
Derived forms milkwoman
Related forms milk rounddairy

Etymology

A compound of milk + man. The occupation became especially familiar with the growth of urban doorstep milk delivery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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