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Bread and butter   /brɛd ənd bˈətər/   Listen
Bread and butter

noun
1.
The financial means whereby one lives.  Synonyms: keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance.  "He applied to the state for support" , "He could no longer earn his own livelihood"



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"Bread and butter" Quotes from Famous Books



... suggested eggs and bacon, which were easy to cook, cold meat, tea, bread and butter, and jam. For lunch, he said, we could have biscuits, cold meat, bread and butter, and jam - but NO CHEESE. Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself. It wants the whole boat to itself. It goes through the hamper, and gives a cheesy flavour to everything else ...
— Three Men in a Boa • Jerome K. Jerome

... fear," she assured him. "Remember that his work is more far-reaching than ours. It takes him everywhere; he must be fit for everything. Sit down now, dear Aaron. You are tired. See, my morning tea is ready, and there is bread and butter. You must eat and drink. Maraton you will surely see later in the day. I do not think ...
— A People's Man • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... in vulgar cares That belong to common household affairs— Nocturnal annoyances such as theirs, Who lie with a shrewd surmising, That while they are couchant (a bitter cup!) Their bread and butter are getting up, And the coals, ...
— The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood • Thomas Hood

... impatiently waving a hand at him in negation. "No, everybody doesn't have it made. Almost everybody's bogged down. That's the trouble Sam. The guts have been taken out of us. And ninety-nine people out of a hundred don't care. They've got bread and butter security. They've got trank to keep them happy. And they've got the fracases to watch, the sadistic, gory death of others to keep them amused, and their minds off what's really being done to them. We're not part of that ninety-nine out of a hundred, Sam. We're two of those who aren't ...
— Frigid Fracas • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... replied, and went hastily from the room, to return in a few minutes, bringing a bowl of milk and a plentiful supply of bread and butter. ...
— Elsie's Kith and Kin • Martha Finley


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