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Return from home: Businesses own the reusable containers, which logistics providers pick up from people’s homes and then transport to a washing facility so they can be used again — much like milkmen of old.

From Salon • May 2, 2024

Of course, milkmen deliver to other places, too.

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2020

“It’s not our proudest moment rockin’ these all-white milkmen jerseys,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2019

These travellers come to dress up as priests, nuns, bishops, housekeepers, Elvis impersonators, milkmen, hairy babies, bricks and giant rabbits – and to celebrate the anarchic genius of cult 90s television series Father Ted.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2016

I like milkmen because one of them gave me two broken eggs which I swallowed raw with bits of shells and all.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt