"milkboy" meaning in All languages combined

See milkboy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: milkboys [plural]
Etymology: From milk + boy. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|milk|boy}} milk + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} milkboy (plural milkboys)
  1. A boy who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses; a young milkman.
    Sense id: en-milkboy-en-noun--yqLhjJW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:",
          "text": "It was on a morning that the milkboy came singing to the door, shrilly to the door his tuneless song, and went singing away, having measured out the milk, from his can, to the jug, with all his usual liberality.",
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          "milkman",
          "milkman"
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    }
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