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Definition of Bread and butter
1. Noun. The financial means whereby one lives. "He could no longer earn his own livelihood"
Generic synonyms: Resource
Specialized synonyms: Amenities, Comforts, Conveniences, Creature Comforts, Maintenance, Meal Ticket, Subsistence
Derivative terms: Keep, Support, Sustain
Definition of Bread and butter
1. Noun. (&lit bread butter) ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bread And Butter
| breaches breaching breachy bread bread-bin bread-line bread-stick bread-worship bread and circuses bread bag | bread bags bread bin bread bins bread board bread box bread crumb bread crumbs bread dough |
Literary usage of Bread and butter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope (1906)
"... and the other a lady at any rate past the wishy-washy bread-and-butter period
of life, they were as unable to tell their own minds to each other, ..."
2. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1919)
"Fried ham and eggs, potatoes, bread and butter, cottage pudding. ... Tea, 4
o'clock: Milk, one-half pint, with two ounces of bread and butter. ..."
3. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1897)
"c. lamb, mutton or fish: bread and butter; a glass of milk. . / «Igest meal (5
pm).—1. ... Milk with soda or , . ed> « biscuit or with bread and butter. ..."
4. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"Damme, when once a man gives up his prerogative, he might as well give Up But,
however, it is no bread and butter of mine too. ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"... which consisted of a piece of bread and butter, or bread and cheese, or most
usually of bread and milk. ..."
6. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Bread and Butter Folds. Remove end slice from bread. Spread end of loaf sparingly
and evenly with butter which has been creamed. ..."
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