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[edit]milk float (plural milk floats)
- An electric accumulator battery-driven vehicle (formerly also horse-drawn), designed for the house-to-house delivery of fresh milk; common in Europe, especially the United Kingdom.
- 2016, Andrew Ward, No Milk Today: The Vanishing World of the Milkman[1], Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- Milk floats were flimsy at the front (especially the three-wheelers) but very strong at the back. They were uncomplicated vehicles. Nothing much could go wrong and, when it did go wrong, the vehicles were relatively easy to repair.
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