butterine

British  

/ ˈbʌtəˌriːn, -rɪn /

noun

1. an artificial butter made partly from milk

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Example Sentences

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

This fat is called by various other names, such as margarine, and butterine, but oleomargarine is the name by which the United States authorities recognize the product.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

"No, I sold butter and butterine and a few other things."

From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.

"Ah," said Rosebery, "Would you know where last I saw him, He was eating bread and butterine."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

Your recommendation of butterine for instance, would carry weight with some housekeepers who had never before thought of trying it and they would be grateful always for being shown how to cut their butter bill.

From Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest by McClure, Mary Jane