First Known Use: 1925
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milk run
noun
Definition of MILK RUN
: a short, routine, or uneventful flight
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Origin of MILK RUN
from the resemblance in regularity and uneventfulness to the morning delivery of milk
Rhymes with MILK RUN
air gun, big gun, blowgun, Bull Run, burp gun, chaconne, Chaplin, dry run, earned run, end run, finespun, first-run, flashgun, forerun, godson, grandson, handgun, hard-won, have done, hired gun, home run, homespun, inrun, long run, outgun, outrun, popgun, pressrun, rerun, sea-run, short run, shotgun, six-gun, speargun, spray gun, squirt gun, stepson, stun gun, top gun, trial run, undone, V-1, well-done, Xiamen, zip gun
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