peanut butter and jam

plural peanut butter and jams

1. countableuncountableSynonym of peanut butter and jelly.

   Naddie and I went to the park. We took a picnic basket and had lunch. I ate a peanut butter and jam samwich.

   2007 July 10, J. G. Martinson, chapter 12, in Deception’s Full Circle, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 121

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   “And I’ve got three ham sands with mustard, two date squares and an apple,” said Alice. “How about you, Jim?” asked Rolly. “Four peanut butter and jams, and a bag of hickory-smoked potato chips. What about you?”

   1985, J[oseph] Robert Janes, “Under the Sign of the Zodiac”, in Murder in the Market, Toronto, Ont.: Collins, →ISBN, page 24

   I remember going up to Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island on a school ski trip when I was in elementary school and pulling out my sandwich at lunchtime in the chalet. Everyone was sitting around going through what I like to call lunchtime poker, ‘I got a peanut butter and jam, whatdayou got?’

   1998, Christine Lippa, “Christine Lippa’s Chicken Soup”, in Celebrity Lights II: A Collection of Favourite Recipes from Celebrity Women in Support of Breast Cancer Research, Nanaimo, B.C.: Celebrity Lights Foundation, →ISBN, page 38

   Then Kristen reminded them that she had her picnic bag at hand. In it there was a spoon and a knife for spreading peanut butter and jam.

   2007 September 21, P[aul] K. Winter, “Episode 3: A Phalanx of Water Orcs”, in The Eagle Lake Giant – The First Summer, [Victoria, B.C.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 32

   I’ve made a tray of sandwiches. Toothpick umbrellas in crunchy peanut butter and raspberry. Gerald shuffles into the kitchen in plaid pyjamas, his favourite red Ferrari shirt, and asks for a peanut butter and jam.

   2011, Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst, “Excerpts from Gerald, God and the Chickens”, in Apologetic for Joy, Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane Editions, →ISBN, page xxxiii

   Breakfast begins the day with a choice of hot cereal, and a variety of cold cereals, yogurt, fresh fruit, bread for toasting, peanut butter and jams, and juices.

   2015, Sisterhood of St. John the Divine, “Refectory and Kitchen”, in A Journey Just Begun: The Story of an Anglican Sisterhood, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN, part II (Sacred Space), page 203

   Synonyms: peanut butter and jelly