Meaning of milk-drunk | Babel Free

Definitions

Of a baby, drowsy and apparently content after consuming a large amount of milk.

informal

Examples

“Sophie had one quick feed for the road and slipped into milk-drunk slumber.”

“But then she stretched out one little baby leg in its purple stretch-terry jumper, and then the other, and gazed into her baby's rolling, brown, milk-drunk face with delight.”

“Will I never again watch the pink moon of a nursing cheek, the eyelids sagging under the dead weight of lashes, the dopey, drooling grin of a milk-drunk baby?”

“Inside the house, I sit on the couch with a milk-drunk Arie and check my phone.”

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