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What (who) is milkman - definition
MILK DELIVERY PERSON
Milk man; Milk-man; Milkmen; Milk men; Milk-men; Milk Roundsperson; Milk route; Milkwoman; Milk round (transport); Milkman
![Dutch milkman in [[Haarlem]], 1956](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melkboer.jpg?width=200 "Dutch milkman in [[Haarlem]], 1956")
.jpg?width=200 "A milk float")
![18th century [[milkmaid]] travelling with yoke and carrying pails, [[Philip James de Loutherbourg]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) - The Milkmaid - 1920P682 - Birmingham Museums Trust.jpg?width=200 "18th century [[milkmaid]] travelling with yoke and carrying pails, [[Philip James de Loutherbourg]]")
![A U.S. milkman with a [[delivery wagon]], 1925](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milkman 3b04462r.jpg?width=200 "A U.S. milkman with a [[delivery wagon]], 1925")
 - n. 13241 - Luzern - Milchmann.jpg?width=200 "Milkman in Lucerne, Switzerland, before 1914")
![A British [[milk float]] in 2007](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ford Transit milk float.jpg?width=200 "A British [[milk float]] in 2007")
![A [[photochrom]] from the late 19th century showing two peddlers selling milk from a dogcart near [[Brussels, Belgium]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/05666u unprocessed.jpg?width=200 "A [[photochrom]] from the late 19th century showing two peddlers selling milk from a dogcart near [[Brussels, Belgium]]")
milkman
(milkmen)
A milkman is a person who delivers milk to people's homes.
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milkman
¦ noun (plural milkmen) a man who sells and delivers milk.
Milkman
·noun A man who sells milk or delivers is to customers.
Wikipedia
Milk delivery
Milk delivery is a delivery service dedicated to supplying milk. This service typically delivers milk in bottles or cartons directly to customers' homes. This service is performed by a milkman, milkwoman, or milk deliverer. (In contrast, a cowman or milkmaid tends to cows.)
Examples of use of milkman
1. Did the milkman waddle down your garden path on legs like giant kebabs?
2. Every character is so real like the barber, shoemaker or the milkman.
3. It is not clear whether she is still living there with her milkman husband, Tony.
4. If you have a shopping list to write for example, or a note for a milkman." Personally, I don‘t know when I last had a milkman, still less when I last left him a billet doux.
5. "What they showed is, if you can do it in Houston, you can do it anywhere," says Professor Milkman.