peanut butter and jelly

plural peanut butter and jellies · alternative PB&J · alternative PBJ

1. USuncountablePeanut butter and jelly (or jam) that is spread on bread to make a sandwich.

   Synonyms: peanut butter and jam

2. UScountableA sandwich consisting of bread spread with layers of peanut butter and jelly.

   I've got a peanut butter and jelly for your son.

   1996, Sherman Alexie, “Indian Killer”, in Peter Donahue, John Trombold, editors, Reading Seattle: The City in Prose, published 2014, page 209

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   On your average march you'll find you get through a good two peanut butter and jellies before you even get to where you're supposed to demonstrate

   1971, Michael Weller, Five Plays, published 1997, Moonchildren, page 19

   Sometimes they drift in from the Yukon and other far places, come in and sit down at the kitchen table, want a glass of milk and a peanut-butter-and-jelly, […] .

   1979, Donald Barthelme, "Aria", originally published in The New Yorker, republished in Sixty Stories (1981)

   And by the end of the Apollo moon-landing program, NASA was allowing common grocery items like bread slices, canned meats, and peanut butter and jellies on lunar missions.

   1994, Tom Clancy, Armored Cav, page 167

   Her mother stuffed a peanut butter and jelly into a bag and turned to look at Emily.

   2002, W. Z. Nelson, Hurricane Summer, page 72

   They sat across from each other on the blanket eating peanut butter and jellies and drinking pop.

   2015, Susan Behon, Made for Me

   Synonyms: peanut butter and jam

3. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see peanut butter, jelly.