English Explanatory Dictionary

glint in the milkman's eye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone or something that has not been born or conceived yet.

Word forms

glint in the milkman's eye glints in the milkman's eye

Etymology

Created by analogy with similar expressions such "a glint in your father's eye", but implying the child was conceived adulterously; milkmen, visiting housewives while their husbands would have been at work, are often associated with adultery.

Synonyms

twinkle in one's daddy's eye twinkle in one's father's eye
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