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MILKMAN (MILKER,Or MILK-WOMAN),
subs. (venery).-A trader in
masturbation ; a SHAGSTER (q.v.).
MILK-SHOP (MILK-WALK, or MILKY
WAY), subs. (common).-The paps.
For synonyms see DAIRIES.
1640. S R9Cr. [HOTTEN], 363.
Her breast. . . . Bears up two globes. . . .
Which headed with two rich round
Rubies, show Like wanton Rose-buds. .
And in the MILKY-VALLEY that's between,
sits Cupid.
MILK-SOP, subs. (old : now recognised).-A
coward ; a ladified
man ; a novice ; a MEACOCK (q.v.).
1390. CHAucER, Monkes Tale, b.
15396. Alias !' sche saith, that ever I
was i-schape, To wedde a MYLK-SOP or
a coward ape.'
1590. GREENE, Mourning Garment
[GRosART (1881-6), ix. 173]. What is
it for nice to pinne a fayre meacocke
and a witty MILKSOP on my sleaue who
dare not answere with their swords in
the face of the enemy ?
1593. HARVEY, Pierces Su46erer.
[Gr. ROSART (1885), ll. 17]. Are MILKSOP
Muses such whiteliuer'd Trontes?
1598, FLORIO, TVorlde of Wordes,
s.v. Biancone, a goodly, great MILKE-
SAPPE, a fresh-water soldier.
1600. SHAKSPF.ARE, Much Ado, v.
1. Boys, apes, braggarts, Jacks, MILK-
SOPS.
1603. DEKKER, Patient Grissill
[GRosAKT (1886), v. 167]. Fye, Signior ;
no musicke in your mouth but battles,
yet a mecre MILKESOP ?
1618. FIELD, Amends for Ladies,
iv. 2. Thou art a faint-hearted fellow,
a MILK-SOP.
1621. BURTON, Anat., p. 143. 'Tis
now come to that pass that he is no
gentleman, a very MILK-SOP, a clown.
1660. TATHAM, The Rum,i. [MAID-
MENT (1873), p. 202]. A meer MILK-
SOP . . . A wheybrain'd fellow.
1892. Evening Standard, 25 Nov.
P. 4, C. 5. Everyone knows how boys
dread being set down as MILKSOPS.
MILK-WOMAN ,subs.(Scots' colloquial).
-1. A wet-nurse. GREEN MILK-
WOMAN = a woman recently
delivered.
2. (venery).-See MILKMAN.
MILKY ONES, subs. phr. (common).
-White linen rags. MILKY-DUDS
= white clothes. - MATSELL
( 18 59).
MILL, subs. (pugilistic).- r. A fight
t!, 9
a SET-TO (q.v.).
1785. GROSE, Vulg. 7ongue, s.v.
1819. MooRE, Tom Crib's Memorial,
p. 36. We, who'i e of the fancylay,
As dead hands at a mILL as they.
1823. W. T. MONCRIEFF, TOM 6-;-.
Yerry, 11. I. Cribb. Thank'ye, gentleman,
thank'ye-but as 1 see by our
sporting oracle, The Dispatch,' there's
R MILL on foot-I'll give you, May the
best man win.'
1834. AINSWORTH, ROOk7t9690(1, ' The
Double Cross.' The MILL is o'er, the
crosser crost, The loser's won, the
vinner's lost !
1843. Comic A/manack, 378, Stoppage
of the Mills.' Indeed, I never saw
the like, Our minds with wonder it must
fill, Though MILLS ensue when people
strike, The strikes have stopp'd full many
a mill.
1853. Diogenes, ii. p. 134. Bell's
Life the other day told us of two noted
pugilists who (we quote the very words),
had a MILL for 2007.' When the decimal
coinage is established, they will be able
to have no less than five mils ' for a
penny.
1856. T. HUGHES, Tom Brown's
School-Days, Pt. II. ch. v. A champion
was picked out on each side tacitly, who
settled the matter by a good hearty MILL.
1860. THE DRUID, Post and Paddock,
'The Fight for the Belt.' By sea and
by land, in village and town, Nothing
whatever seemed to go down, Save the
latest on alit of the MILL.
1862. The Cork Examiner, 28
March. Since this little event there have
been ... . some very exciting little MILLS.
1883. Saturday Review, 31 March,
p. 398, col. I. This apparently harmless