"silver top" meaning in All languages combined

See silver top on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-silver top.ogg Forms: silver tops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} silver top (countable and uncountable, plural silver tops)
  1. (UK) Full cream milk, normally homogenised and pasteurised, having a silvery top to the bottle. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Milk Related terms: silverback, silver-haired, silverhead, silvery-haired, gray-haired, grey-haired
    Sense id: en-silver_top-en-noun-en:full_cream_milk_or_a_bottle_thereof Disambiguation of Milk: 48 52 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. (slang) An old person. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Milk, People Synonyms: grayhead, greyhead, ;, geriatric#Noun, oldster, senior citizen, old person
    Sense id: en-silver_top-en-noun-en:old_person Disambiguation of Milk: 48 52 Disambiguation of People: 7 93 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

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