milk float

noun

British
: a small electric vehicle used to deliver milk to people's homes

Examples of milk float in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web American and Lebanese photographer Karim Iliya has spent hundreds of hours photographing humpback whales, but he’s only seen milk float through the water twice. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024

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“Milk float.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20float. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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