| 单词 | milk money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilk money milk money n. money used to pay for milk, esp. milk delivered to the home or provided for children at school (in quot. a1637, perhaps figurative or money gained from the sale of milk). ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. iv. sig. Kv, in Wks. (1640) III Here comes another old Boy too, vor his colours Will stroake downe my wives udder of purses, empty Of all her milke money, this Winter Quarter. View more context for this quotation 1976 Cumberland News 3 Dec. 1/4 Not only coal is being taken. Posing as someone helping with a milk round, a boy, aged about ten, has collected ‘milk money’ from the aged persons bungalows at Lyngarth, Harraby. 1993 Economist 7 Aug. 44/3 New York's Mayor La Guardia started a campaign against the ‘slimy crews of tinhorns’ who, addicted to the game [sc. pinball], supposedly practised ‘penny thievery’ relieving children of their milk money. < as lemmas |
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