milk float


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milk float

n
(Automotive Engineering) Brit a small motor vehicle used to deliver milk to houses
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Noun1.milk float - a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to housesmilk float - a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses
van - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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milk float

n (Brit) → furgone m del lattaio
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