butterine
Britishnoun
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The Chronicle vowed "to tell the truth about breakfasts of stale bread and rancid butterine, the watery tea, the pallid chicory decoction which serves for coffee, the crowded, dingy, and ill-ventilated dormitories".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2014
The people of the United States also consume millions of pounds every year of butter substitutes and imitations, such as oleomargarine and butterine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
They tell ME," the workman answered—"they tell ME she's goin' to be a butterine factory again.
From Alice Adams by Tarkington, Booth
Other fats and oils, such as lard, Crisco, lard compound, Mazola, cottoline, butterine, and any other tasteless shortening, may be substituted for all or part of the butter.
From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
One of the strictest Government inspections is on butterine.
From Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest by McClure, Mary Jane
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