milk bottle
Definitions
Equivalents
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Examples
“Clinton waits on the beach for the new arrivals, hoping that one of them will bring⟳ him good fortune. "I look⟳ for the milk bottles," he says, explaining how ultra-white skin is a giveaway, "the ones who've just arrived. Milk bottles that need⟳ filling ..."”
“SLY: Lots of white milk bottles? ANDRE: (Laughs.) Yeah mon. SLY: The whiter the better. Fill⟳ dem up.”
“While it is not uncommon for “rent-a-dreads” to roam the beaches, or even wait⟳ at the airports, in search⟳ of “milk bottles,” a term used to describe⟳ white female tourists, the idea that this is somehow a natural part of the landscape is problematic and creates a myth which, as mentioned before, replicates colonial forms of discourse and maintains the broader geopolitical power structure⟳”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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