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

"That great big, enormous ole dead butterine factory across the street from our lot," the man said.

From Alice Adams by Tarkington, Booth

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

Cooked oatmeal, 1 cupFlour, 1½ cupsSugar, 2 tablespoonsBaking powder, 4 teaspoonsSalt, ½ teaspoonMilk, ½ cupEgg, 1Melted butterine, 2 tablespoons Mix and sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

From Everyday Foods in War Time by Rose, Mary Swartz

"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