Butterworth

/ (ˈbʌtəwəθ) /

noun

George . 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems

Nick . born 1946, English writer and illustrator of children's books, many of which feature Percy, the animal-loving park keeper

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body of land completely surrounded by water

group of cultivated fruit trees

long mournful cry

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Example sentences from the Web for butterworth

Buckley, of Howarth Parva: a chevron between three bulls' heads caboshed argent; quartering Butterworth.
Lancashire Sketches|Edwin Waugh
They are distinctly original both in their technical handling and composition, and excellently engraved by Butterworth and Heath.
English Illustration 'The Sixties': 1855-70|Gleeson White
Another day went by, enlivened only by an interchange of notes between Mr. Gryce and Miss Butterworth.
The Circular Study|Anna Katharine Green
Sergeant Dawson tells me that Sergeant Butterworth is wounded.
At Ypres with Best-Dunkley|Thomas Hope Floyd

Butterworth, the historian, gives an elaborate account of it in his description of the Coombs Cairns.
Legends of Longdendale|Thomas Middleton

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