I have given suck, and know How tender 't is to love
the babe that milks me. --Shak.
2. To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk;
as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.
3. To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to
yield profit or advantage; to plunder. --Tyndale.
They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as
regularly as a dairyman does his stock. --London
Spectator.
{To milk the street}, to squeeze the smaller operators in
stocks and extract a profit from them, by alternately
raising and depressing prices within a short range; --
said of the large dealers. [Cant]
{To milk a telegram}, to use for one's own advantage the
contents of a telegram belonging to another person. [Cant]