milk drinker
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek γαλακτοπότης (galaktopótēs, “a milk drinker”), a derogatory term which the Greeks used in reference to the barbarians.
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Derogatory, Idiomatic, Slang Someone who lacks experience or courage.
- What's a milk drinker like you doing out here? Go home to your mother.2011 November 11, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Softworks:
- That milk drinker over there with the electrical apparatus for spies, he claims to be a bishop, but I'm not afraid of fellows like that.2022, Halldór Laxness, Under the Glacier, Random House, →ISBN:
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- 'What a milk drinker,' said Michael, which was his worst insult at the time.2023, Anna Smaill, Bird Life: a novel, Scribe Publications, →ISBN:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see milk, drinker.
- Related terms
- milquetoast