milk churn

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milk churn (plural milk churns)

1. A tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk.

   Synonym: milk can

   Coordinate term: milk truck

   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 7”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     "Why, mother," laughed the farmer as he passed through the kitchen, swinging the great milk-churns, "you've got almost more than you can manage there."

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