Definition

Noun: - A person whose job is to deliver milk to homes or businesses: A milkman is someone employed to distribute milk, typically in bottles or cartons, directly to customers' doorsteps or to commercial establishments.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The milkman arrives early every morning to leave bottles on our doorstep.
  • In many neighborhoods, the friendly milkman was a familiar and welcome sight.

Advanced Usage

• Historical/Cultural Context: The role of the milkman was much more common in the 20th century before the widespread refrigeration and supermarket shopping. It often implies a regular, scheduled delivery service.
  • My grandfather remembers the milkman delivering glass bottles with foil caps.

Variants and Related Words

• Milk round (noun, chiefly British): The route taken by a milkman to deliver milk, or by extension, a regular series of visits (e.g., by recruiters to universities).
  • He has a steady job driving a milk round.

Synonyms

• Delivery person/driver: A general term for someone who delivers goods.
• Roundaman (British, informal): Another term for a milkman.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• While the cat's away, the mice will play: This idiom is sometimes humorously associated with the milkman in cultural references, implying opportunity for mischief in someone's absence, though it does not directly feature the word "milkman."

Noun

1. someone who delivers milk