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
Bonnie Jim Campbell rode up the glen, But it wasn't to meet the butterine men; It wasn't Phil Armour he wanted to see, Nor Haines nor Crafts—though their friend was he.
From Hoosier Lyrics by Eugene Field
They tell ME," the workman answered—"they tell ME she's goin' to be a butterine factory again.
From Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
"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 Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
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
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