Butter and eggs

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(Bot.) a name given to several perennial plants having showy flowers of two shades of yellow, or of yellow and orange, such as Narcissus incomparabilis in Europe, and the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) in the United States; the latter is a naturalized weed in North America.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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I've pawned her ring, and I've bought the bread and butter and eggs, and I've taken care of the change.

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Like pandoro, stollen, or koeckbotteram, brioche is often referred to as a "rich yeast bread" because the dough is enriched with a generous amount of butter and eggs. The ratio of flour to butter is equal in some recipes.

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"Using butter and eggs is really easy because we know what they do.

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