milkman
noun/ˈmɪlkmən/
Etymology From milk + -man.
1
A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- Our milkman is a jovial character, but not one given to yodelling at the customers on his round. Only the resounding "clonk" of bottles advises us that a couple of pints have been left on the doorstep.1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 154:
- Derived terms
- glint in the milkman's eye, shake hands with the milkman