bread-and-butter model

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Naval Architecture. a wooden hull model carved from a number of horizontal planks glued together to represent the outlines of the various decks.

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Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?
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She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!
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The sailors sometimes use it to fry their meat, for want of butter, and find it agreeable enough.
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You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
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She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
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I tell you, madam, most distinctly and emphatically, that it is bread pudding and the meanest kind at that.'
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