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milk test
 n.— «The most common criteria was what people called the “milk test”—judging a potential home by the ease with which you can buy a pint of milk late at night.» —“New South-East Housing Schemes ‘Could Become Sink Estates’” INS News (Sydney, Australia) Aug. 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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