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buttery1 adj 1. (Cookery) containing, like, or coated with butter 2. Informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious butteriness n buttery2 n pl -teries
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a room for storing foods or wines 2. (Social Science / Education) Brit (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students [from Anglo-French boterie, from Anglo-Latin buteria, probably from butta cask, butt4] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"And, what is more," said Hordle John, suddenly appearing out of the buttery with the huge board upon which the pastry was rolled, "if either raise sword I shall flatten him like a Shrovetide pancake. And he kicked open the buttery door without ceremony and brought to light a venison pasty and cold roast pheasant--goodly sights to a hungry man. The circle broke up, each collaring his own jug, glass, and song-book; Bill pounced on the big table, and began to rattle it away to its place outside the buttery door. |
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