milkcrate

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English

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Etymology

From milk +‎ crate.

Noun

milkcrate (plural milkcrates)

  1. A cubic box originally made of wood but now usually of plastic, used to carry dairy products and for storage or presentation in markets.
    • 1998, Jervey Tervalon, Jervey Tervalon, Living for the city, link:
      After closing the window and tossing the milkcrate into the weeds, he returned to Garvy who was pissed off for being left in the alley for so long.

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