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bread-and-butter letter
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Idioms and Phrases
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]Discover More
Example Sentences
One of these is what a college boy recently described in my hearing as the "bread-and-butter letter."
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Within ten days after her departure the guest should write a bread-and-butter letter to her hostess.
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Also, 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.
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