milk food

noun

Yogurt.

Meanings

nounmilk food (countable and uncountable, plural milk foods)

plural milk foods · alternative milk-food

  1. 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 17468
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    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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