bread-and-butter letter
A thank-you letter from guest to host. For example, Mother always had to remind the children to send Grandma a bread-and-butter note. [c. 1900]
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How to use bread-and-butter letter in a sentence
One of these is what a college boy recently described in my hearing as the "bread-and-butter letter."
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) | Marion HarlandWithin ten days after her departure the guest should write a bread-and-butter letter to her hostess.
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 | Lillian Eichler WatsonAlso, I have a polite bread-and-butter letter from my nice young man in Washington, and a book from him, likewise a box of candy.
Dear Enemy | Jean Webster
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