butterfly nut

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Origin of butterfly nut

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Words nearby butterfly nut

butterfly diagram, butterfly effect, butterflyfish, butterfly flower, butterfly net, butterfly nut, butterfly orchid, butterfly pea, butterfly rash, butterfly roof, butterfly-shell clam

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How to use butterfly nut in a sentence

“When you become a peshmerga your life becomes like a butterfly,” she said.
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So, to commemorate her 75th birthday, the two got matching butterfly tattoos on their wrists.
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Beech-Nut is still in existence, and is the third largest baby food manufacturer in the United States.
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White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and Beech-Nut Gum in the East.
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This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.
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This was a hard nut to crack, if his past were not to be ruthlessly severed from Angel's by a word.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
She became my sweetheart, temporarily; but a born butterfly, she soon fluttered away, leaving me disconsolate—for a time!
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
It is prepared from the nut of the areca palm, one of the most beautiful trees in the world.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
For each guest there was a cocoa-nut shell, half-filled with miti, a sourish beverage extracted from the cocoa-palm.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
We had each of us a fresh cocoa-nut with a hole bored in it, containing at least a pint of clear, sweet-tasting water.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer

British Dictionary definitions for butterfly nut

butterfly nut

noun

another name for wing nut

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

butterfly nut

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