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Definition of Butter-and-eggs

1. Noun. Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America.

Definition of Butter-and-eggs

1. Noun. the European plant toadflax (''Linaria vulgaris'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Literary usage of Butter-and-eggs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The piper he .piped on the hill-top high, (Butter and eggs and ... The farmer he strode through the square farmyard; (Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese) ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
""I'm tired of corn-growing that brings little cash, (Butter, and eggs, ... (Butter, and eggs, and a pound of cheese /) " I hope you'll allow I look fetching ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"... butter-and-eggs. The daffodil. West. BUTTER-BUMP. A bittern. North. BUTTER-BOX. Л Dutchman. This cant term is found in Miege. BUTTER-DAISY. ..."

4. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"The farmer's daughter hath frank blue eyes; (Butter and eggs and a pound of ... She sat, with her hands 'neath her crimson cheeks; (Butter and eggs and a ..."

5. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"The farmer's daughter hath ripe red lips; (Butter and eggs and a pound of ... She sat with her hands 'neath her dimpled cheeks, (Butter and eggs and a pound ..."

6. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"The farmer's daughter hath ripe red lips (Butter and eggs and a pound of ... She sat, with her hands 'neath her crimson cheeks (Butter and eggs and a pound ..."

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