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
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
"I meant butterine," "corrected" the "sweat subject" hurriedly.
From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.
"No, I sold butter and butterine and a few other things."
From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.
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
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