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Butteries

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but⋅ter⋅y

2  [buht-uh-ree, buh-tree]
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–noun, plural -ter⋅ies.
1. Chiefly New England. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder.
2. a room in colleges, esp. at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME boterie < AF, prob. equiv. to bote butt 4 + -erie -ery
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but·ter·y 2   (bŭt'ə-rē, bŭt'rē)   
n.   pl. but·ter·ies

  1. A room in which liquors are stored.

  2. Chiefly British A place in colleges and universities where students may buy provisions.


[Middle English buttrie, from Anglo-Norman buterie, alteration of botelerie, from Old French botele, bottle; see bottle.]
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