milklady

plural milkladies

1. Synonym of milkwoman.

   A small cart drawn by two huge dogs was approaching. In the vehicle were some milk cans. The figure of a woman guided the strange team. “This is rather early for the milklady!” laughed Jimmie.

   1915, G[eorge] Harvey Ralphson, “The Lena Knobloch”, in Boy Scouts in the North Sea or “Mystery of U-13”, Chicago, Ill.: M[ichael] A[mbrose] Donohue & Company, →OCLC, page 52

   2 more examples

   The milklady was making her rounds, with big cans of goat’s milk loaded on her patient donkey. She would pick up the waiting empty can from a doorstep, fill it from her large can, then trudge on to the next house.

   2005, Joanne S. Pearce, “Mykonos and Delos, Whitewashed Sugar Cubes”, in Greece: Journey to Joy […], Seattle, Wash.: Classic Day Publishing, →ISBN, page 98

   Her daughter had decided she wanted to be the first milklady in town, so the two of them were testing the waters. They left the house at three in the morning—long before the dawn—and headed to the creamery for the day’s orders.

   2016, Marion L. Cornett, “When Tiz Was Nearly Ten”, in Tilly Loves Johnny, Adams Basin, N.Y.: The Wild Rose Press, →ISBN, page 212

   Synonyms: milkwoman