"milk bottle" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-milk bottle.ogg [Australia] Forms: milk bottles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} milk bottle (plural milk bottles)
  1. A glass bottle traditionally used for doorstep delivery of fresh milk.
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  2. (Australia) A small white jube (confectionary) in the shape of a milk bottle. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-milk_bottle-en-noun-g0Q1vNVJ Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 47 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 47 45
  3. (Jamaica, slang, derogatory) A white woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist. Tags: Jamaica, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-milk_bottle-en-noun-Rm-9HH8S Disambiguation of People: 29 12 59 Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 47 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 47 45

Inflected forms

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