butterbread
American
[buht-er-bred]
/ ˈbʌt ərˌbrɛd /
noun
Chiefly Pennsylvania.
Etymology
Origin of butterbread
First recorded in 1905–10; a calque of the Pennsylvania Dutch equivalent of German Butterbrot; see butter, bread
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