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milk_churn

milk churn

English

Alternative forms

  • milk-churn

Noun

milk churn (plural milk churns)

  1. A tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7
      "Why, mother," laughed the farmer as he passed through the kitchen, swinging the great milk-churns, "you've got almost more than you can manage there."

Synonyms

  • (conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk): milk can

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