MILK
ADJECTIVES
► APRILLED of milk or beer: sour, on the point of turning sour → 1790 Eng. dial.
► AWA-AWA said of milk that’s just beginning to become sour → 1967 Hawaii
► BINGY of milk: in the first stage of turning sour → 1857 Eng. dial.
► BISHOPPED of milk, etc.: burnt → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLASED of milk: turned sour, but not coagulated → 1870 Sc.
► BLENCHED of milk: a little sour → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLINK of milk: beginning to turn sour → 1883 Amer. dial.
► BLINKED of milk: sour, turned → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLINKY of milk: sour → 1890 Amer. dial.
► BLUE of milk: turning sour → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHANGED of milk: slightly sour → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CLABBY said of milk just beginning to turn sour → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CURLED of milk: sour, curdled → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GALACTOPHAGOUS feeding on milk → 1885
► GALACTOPOTIC drinking milk → 1623 obs.
► GLOBBERED of milk: curdled → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GREEN of milk: tainted → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LACTARY pert. to milk → 1646
► LACTEAL pert. to milk; consisting of milk → 1658
► LACTEAN resembling milk; milk-white → 1659 obs.
► LACTEOUS of the nature of milk; milky; resembling milk, of the colour of milk → 1646
► LACTIFIC producing milk → 1657 obs.
► LACTIFICAL producing milk, yielding milk → 1656 obs.
► LACTIFLUOUS flowing or abounding with milk → 1774
► LACTIFORM like milk, in the form of milk → 1681 obs.
► LACTIVOROUS milk-devouring → 1824
► LOBBERED of milk: coagulated → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MILK-PRICKED said of milk which has turned sour → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ON THE BLINK of milk: beginning to turn sour → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PAPPY soft, soaked with milk → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RUNNING of milk: coagulating → 1495 obs.
► SKINNY prepared with low-fat or non-fat milk → 1997 US sl.
► WHIGGERED of sour milk: going to whey → 1958 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ACKER (BILK) milk → 1960s UK rhyming sl.
► ALEMNOCH milk → 18C sl.
► ARMORED COW canned milk; powdered milk → 20C Amer. sl.
► ARMORED HEIFER canned milk → 1942 US military sl.
► ARMORED TIT canned milk → 1958 US military sl.
► BABY a glass of milk → 1930s US sl.
► BARNEY ► BARNEY CLAPPER soured milk → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BEEF EXTRACT milk → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLACK COW chocolate milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BLINK slightly sour milk → 1895 Amer. dial.
► BLINKY milk slightly soured → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLINKY-BLUE milk, usually skimmed, which is sour or just beginning to turn sour → 1944 Amer. dial.
► BLINKY-JOHN milk, usually skimmed, which is sour or just beginning to turn sour → 1902 Amer. dial.
► BLUE JACK milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BLUE-JOHN 1. skim milk → 1869 US
2. milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour → 1905 Amer. dial.
► BLUE JOHNNY milk which is sour or just beginning to turn sour → 1944 Amer. dial.
► BOOBY mother’s milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOVINE EXTRACT milk or cream → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BRINDLE COW chocolate milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BUBBY mother’s milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CANNED COW canned or condensed milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CAT BEER milk → World War II Amer. sl.
► CHALK milk or cream → 1934 US jocular usage
► CHALK WATER thin milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CITY COW canned milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CLAPPERED MILK sour milk that has thickened or curdled → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CLOBBER sour milk that has thickened or curdled → 1899 Amer. dial.
► CLOBBERED MILK sour milk that has thickened or curdled → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CLODDERED MILK milk that has thickened or curdled → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CLOTTED MILK sour milk that has thickened or curdled → 1941 Amer. dial.
► CONTENTED COW canned milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COW milk or cream → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COW IN A TIN BARN canned milk; canned corned beef; canned beef → World War II Amer. sl.
► COW JUICE milk or cream → World War II Amer. sl.
► CURDLE sour milk that has thickened → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DIDDY human breast milk → 18C colloq.
► DINNEL milk from a woman’s breast for the baby → 1954 Amer. dial.
► GLASS OF COW a glass of milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GLASS OF MOO a glass of milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GLASS OF PUSS a glass of milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LACHIE milk → 1918 US Navy sl.
► LACTAGE milk produce → 1753 obs.
► LACTARIUM an establishment for the sale of milk; a dairy → 1809
► LACTARY a dairy → 1669-81
► LACTEAL FLUID milk → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LACTIFICATION the making or secreting of milk → 1666 obs.
► LAPPERING the curdling of milk → 1880 Sc.
► LOPPER a curdled or coagulated state, as of milk or blood → 1880
► MALLACHIE the colour of milk and water mixed together → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MILKNESS dairy produce; milk → 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MILK TEA milk diluted with hot water and sweetened → 1949 Amer. dial.
► MIXIN any milk product used in cooking → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MOO JUICE milk or cream → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NINNY human breast milk → 1909 Amer. dial.
► NURSE breast milk → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NURSEMENT breast milk → 1927 Amer. dial.
► OLD MILK skim milk → 1790 Eng. dial.
► PAP a mother’s milk → 1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PAP-MILK breast-milk → 1899 Sc.
► PAPPY the female breast; the nipple; a mother’ s milk → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POOR MAN’S COW canned milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUSS milk or cream → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAG the scum that forms on boiled milk → 1942 Amer. dial.
► RUNNING coagulation or curdling of milk → a1398 obs.
► SAP liquid of any sort, esp. milk or beer, taken with solid food → 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SATIN AND SILK milk → 1985 UK rhyming sl.
► SHOT OF COW a glass of milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHOT OF MOO a glass of milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHOT OF PUSS a glass of milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SIMPSON 1. water used in diluting milk → 1871 dairymen’s usage
2. adulterated milk; inferior milk → 1871
► SWEET ALICE milk or cream → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TIDDY the breast; mother’s milk → 1854 Eng. dial.
► TIN COW tinned milk ..1920s US tramps’ sl.
► TITTIE ► TITTY human breast milk → 18C colloq.
► YARAM ► YARM ► YARRUM ► YARUM milk → 1567 thieves’ cant
NOUNS – PERSON – also see MILKMAN
► GALACTOPHAGIST one who feeds or lives chiefly on milk; a drinker of milk → 1730
► GALACTOPOTE a drinker of milk → 1626 obs.
► GALACTOPOTON one that still drinks milk → 1623 obs.
► LACTARY ‘she that selleth milke’ → 1623 obs.
► MILKAHOLIC a person who appears to be addicted to milk → 1955
► MILK-BADGER one who sells milk, and occasionally other things, from door to door → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► PASS THE ARMORED COW pass the canned milk → 1944 services’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BING of milk or cream: to curdle, to turn sour → 1860 Eng. dial.
► BISHOP of milk: to burn in boiling → 1863 Eng. dial.
► BLINK of milk: to turn sour → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BREAK of milk: to curdle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CARVE to curdle, to turn sour; said of milk or cream → 1691 Eng. dial.
► CHASE THE COW to pass the milk → World War II Amer. sl.
► FEATHER of milk or cream: to curdle or form flakes on the surface of coffee or tea → 1816 Amer. dial.
► JERK to milk a cow → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JERK THE COW ► JERK THE COWS to milk a cow → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JERK THE TITS to milk a cow → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LAPPER of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle → 1768 Sc.
► LOBBER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick → 1856 Amer. dial.
► LOPPER of milk: to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick → a1300
► LOSE AN EYE of milk: to turn sour → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MILK OVER THE FENCE to steal milk from neighbours’ cows → c1870 Brit. sl.
► MILK THE COW WITH A SPANNER to open a tin of milk → 20C Royal Navy sl.
► PAIL to milk (a cow) → 1892 Amer. dial.
► PUT OUT THE MILLER’S EYE to add too much water or milk to any mixture → 1839 Eng. dial.
► QUAIL of milk, beer, etc.: to turn sour or flat → 1819 Eng. dial.
► SIMPSON to dilute milk with water → 1872 sl.
► SIMPSONISE ► SIMPSONIZE to dilute milk with water → 1871 dairymen’s usage
► SWING to beat up or whip milk, eggs, etc. → c1000 obs.
► YIELD of a cow: to give milk → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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