sky blue
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Meaning · English
Milk excessively diluted with water, or from which the cream was too closely skimmed.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Hence, Suffolk dairy wives run mad for cream,
And leave their milk with nothing but the name;
Its name derision and reproach pursue,
And strangers tell of three-times-skimm'd sky-blue.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “sky blue” mean?
Milk excessively diluted with water, or from which the cream was too closely skimmed.
Is “sky blue” formal or informal?
sky blue is generally slang.