subs. (common).—1. See quot. and MILK, verb. sense 4.
1891. Cassell’s Saturday Journal, Sept., p. 1036, col. 2. When a telegram sent to a specific person is surreptitiously made use of or drawn from by others, it is said to have been ‘milked’; and those who thus steal are called MILKERS. To guard, as far as possible, against this being done, important special and press messages from abroad, and sometimes home telegrams also, are written in cipher.
2. (venery).—The female pudendum. Also MILKING-PAIL, MILK-JUG, and MILK-PAN. For synonyms, see MONOSYLLABLE.
3. (colloquial).—A milk-giver.
1854. The Quarterly Review, cxlv. 292. One individual, several years ago, possessed 1500 MILKERS.
