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butterbread

[ buht-er-bred ]
/ ˈbʌt ərˌbrɛd /

noun Chiefly Pennsylvania.

bread spread with butter.

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Origin of butterbread

1905–10; a calque of the Pennsylvania German equivalent of German Butterbrot; see butter, bread

Words nearby butterbread

butter up, butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth, butter-and-egg man, butter-and-eggs, butterball, butterbread, butterbur, buttercream, buttercup, buttercup family, buttercup squash
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