milk wagon

Morning dairy delivery

A milk wagon is a vehicle used to deliver milk, historically a horse-drawn cart making daily rounds to homes.

The term evokes an earlier era before refrigeration and supermarkets, when fresh milk arrived at doorsteps each morning.

In slang, milk wagon sometimes refers to a police van or paddy wagon, from the boxy shape shared with old delivery wagons.

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morning · cream · clinking · porch · icebox · home delivery · cart · draft horse · glass bottles · route · doorstep · early morning · crates · jingle · reins · clip-clop · dawn · fresh

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Vehicle for frozen block delivery

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Vehicle for transporting goods

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Vehicle transporting bulk liquids

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G