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butterball

[ buht-er-bawl ]
/ ˈbʌt ərˌbɔl /
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noun
Northeastern U.S. the bufflehead.
Informal. a chubby person.
an individual serving of butter shaped into a small sphere.
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Origin of butterball

First recorded in 1930–35; butter + ball1
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British Dictionary definitions for butterball

butterball
/ (ˈbʌtəˌbɔːl) /

noun US
another name for bufflehead
informal, derogatory a chubby or fat person
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