milk can

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milk can

noun milk cans

idiomatic Synonym of milk churn. Electrification helped farmers, but in addition, the farm routine was greatly simplified because milk itself became the desired commodity instead of cream and butter. Milk trucks traveled to neighborhoods like North Pomfret to pick up cans of milk and haul them to the creamery for processing. The em
Similar: milk churn
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see milk, can: any can used for milk in any way.

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@misc{milk_can_2026,
  title = {milk can},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milk%20can},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}