green top
(British, uncountable) full-cream milk, having a green top to the bottle.
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It's wild! None of it matches but I'm tempted to throw on my bright green tights with my light green short shorts, my emerald green top and my bottle green hoody to go and vote tomorrow. Wish we got wee little voting…
I've not drunk anything other than Yorkshire tea in a little over 30 years. As for milk in the tea? Always gotta be green top for me. ☕
In my view it's got to be green top milk to start with x
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(British, uncountable) full-cream milk, having a green top to the bottle.
“It's wild! None of it matches but I'm tempted to throw on my bright green tights with my light green short shorts, my emerald green top and my bottle green hoody to go and vote tomorrow. Wish we got wee little voting stickers too.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've not drunk anything other than Yorkshire tea in a little over 30 years. As for milk in the tea? Always gotta be green top for me. ☕”
— Bluesky· May 2026“In my view it's got to be green top milk to start with x”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(cricket, countable) A pitch with abundant visible grass.
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