Meaning of milk bottle | Babel Free
Definitions
- A glass bottle traditionally used for doorstep delivery of fresh milk.
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A small white jube (confectionary) in the shape of a milk bottle. Australia
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A white woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist. Jamaica, derogatory, slang
Equivalents
Deutsch
Milchflasche
Suomi
maitopullo
日本語
牛乳瓶
한국어
우유병
Nederlands
melkfles
Русский
моло́чная буты́лка
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.