Used in a Sentence

milkman

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for milkman.

Editorial note

Reminds me of the milk bottles that used to be delivered by the milkman early in the morning.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of milkman gathered in one view.

noun

A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

noun

(US, slang) A black man who prefers dating white women.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for milkman.

noun

A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

noun

(US, slang) A black man who prefers dating white women.

Example sentences

1

Reminds me of the milk bottles that used to be delivered by the milkman early in the morning.

2

To simplify and streamline logistics, our business is modeled more closely to the milkman than the pizza delivery man.

3

Gough - A local milkman who served on the 1855 committee tasked with naming the streets of the Western Addition.

4

You can be a milkman and still adopt stoicism as your personal philosophy of life.

5

I just want a milkman who comes daily and reads my handwritten note, like we used to have.

6

But I would have a hell of a time trying to read that claim on a fucking milkman.

7

Not because the milkman was killed, but because he was no longer useful.

8

For example the milkman disappeared with the invention of refrigerated transport.

9

Icing on the cake: back of the mind, you might worry about milkman's bills and the birthday gifts to be brought for your kid's friends.

10

I don't know how to break this to you, but despite what the mother may say about who the daddy is, everybody in town is exchanging knowing glances about it having the milkman's eyes.

11

An actual milkman would be great, Berkeley Farms makes the best Eggnog (my opinion) but trying to find it in stores is getting harder with the Safeway monopoly.

12

Either that, or consult with your milkman/gardener.

Quote examples

1

What exactly are they claiming, beyond scheduling milkman-like deliveries with the added text "with a computer"?

2

This is what Stephen Fry calls the "Milkman's Whistle" style of journalism.

3

Yet if you carry on reading that section it also says, "identifying a product, a quantity to deliver, and a frequency of delivery" [1] - all delivery systems do that on a computer, even the milkman.

4

It doesn’t have to mean “exploring a jungle in the Congo”, or “exploring that nice little village in Tuscany”, it could just as easily mean “exploring the physics of this peculiar puzzle game”, or “exploring the inside of a psychotic milkman’s imagination“.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use milkman in a sentence?

Reminds me of the milk bottles that used to be delivered by the milkman early in the morning.

What does milkman mean?

A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

What part of speech is milkman?

milkman is commonly used as noun.