milk man

plural milk men

1. datedDated form of milkman.

   Mayor Walker was elected a year ago on a pledge to solve transit congestion. He has already made a move in the right direction, trying to get night clubbers off the streets in time for the milk men.

   1926 December 4, Howard Brubaker, “Of All Things”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, published 11 December 1926, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2026, page 36

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   Theſe are to certify, That I William Atterbury, at the Sign of the Milk-pail in Glaſshouſe Yard, Alderſgateſtreet, Milk Man, of near 60 Years of Age, having been afflicted with a Rheumatick Pain in my Thigh for theſe ſix Months laſt paſt, to that degree, I could take no Reſt Night or Day, by reaſon of the continual and violent Torture; […]

   1717 November 25, The Post-Man: and The Historical Account, &c., number 16542, London: […] Dryden Leach […], for the Author, published 7 December 1717, →OCLC, page [2], column 1

   The court suggested that counsel for both the milk men and the government collaborate on the form of an order, which, Judge Letts said, “should not be too drastic” but which, nevertheless, should cover the facts established. “I suggest an order which will permit the milk man to run his business in a normal way, in his own right and subject to the control of the State.”

   1935 March 14, “AAA Milk Control Meets New Upset […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC