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Idiom

satin and silk

SlangCockney rhyming slang

Meaning

milk

Examples

“I always add a splash of satin and silk to my morning tea.”

“The baker realized he was out of satin and silk, so he had to run to the corner shop before he could finish the cake.”

“While the children preferred their cereal dry, their grandfather insisted that a bowl was never complete without a generous pour of cold satin and silk.”

Examples

simple

“I always add a splash of satin and silk to my morning tea.”

contextual

“The baker realized he was out of satin and silk, so he had to run to the corner shop before he could finish the cake.”

complex

“While the children preferred their cereal dry, their grandfather insisted that a bowl was never complete without a generous pour of cold satin and silk.”

Origin

Suggestive of its smoothness.

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