English Explanatory Dictionary

milk train

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slow passenger train leaving in the early hours of the morning.
  2. A goods train that carried milk, usually in tank wagons.

Word forms

milk train milk trains

Etymology

Familiarised from the early morning goods trains used to transport milk on the British railway system.

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