Meanings
plural milk foods · alternative milk-food
- countableobsoleteuncountableYogurt.
Authority sought to operate as a contract carrier, by motor vehicle over irregular routs, transporting: Milk food (yogurt), from Auburn, Wash., to Eugene and Portland, Oreg., for 150 days.
1969 October 24, “Motor Carrier Temporary Authority Applications”, in Federal Register, volume 34, numbers 200–210, →ISSN, →OCLC, Notices, page 174681 more example
Primitive people in all lands have long used the milk of cows, sheep, buffaloes, to produce Yogurt. True, it is known by different names in different countries; but essentially it is the same milk-food.
1951 October 29, Hal Stebbins, “This "Secret of Youth" is 4000 Years Old”, in Life, volume 31, number 18, →ISSN, page 128
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