Meanings
adjectivebutterless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout butter.
The punishments for negligence were varied and made as far as possible to suit the case of the delinquent, a butterless, gravyless or syrupless breakfast being the usual consequence of failure to be up in time.
1899 July 13, Mrs. A[lexander] J[effrey] M’Kelway [i.e., Lavinia Rutherford McKelway], “Children as Church Members. […]”, in A. J. McKelway, editor, Presbyterian Standard, volume XLI, number 27, Charlotte, N.C.: Presbyterian Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 4, column 1
Origin
Translations
Finnish voiton
- voitonwithout butter
Greek αβουτύρωτος
- αβουτύρωτος (avoutýrotos)without butter
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