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bread and butter
noun
1.
bread spread with butter.
2.
a basic means of support; source of livelihood; sustenance: The automobile industry is the bread and butter of many Detroiters.
Origin:
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adjective
1.
providing a livelihood or basic source of income; supplying the basic needs of life: a bread-and-butter job; the agency's bread-and-butter account.
2.
of or pertaining to basic needs: housing and other bread-and-butter political issues.
3.
basic or everyday; staple; routine.
4.
expressing thanks for hospitality: a bread-and-butter letter.
Origin:
1720–30; adj. use of noun phrase bread and butter
1720–30; adj. use of noun phrase bread and butter
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World English Dictionary
| bread and butter | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (modifier) a means of support or subsistence; livelihood: the inheritance was their bread and butter |
| 2. | bread-and-butter |
| a. providing a basic means of subsistence: a bread-and-butter job | |
| b. solid, reliable, or practical: a bread-and-butter player | |
| c. expressing gratitude, as for hospitality (esp in the phrase bread-and-butter letter) | |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
bread and butter
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The essential, sustaining element, as in The quality of the schools is the bread and butter of town property values. This idiom alludes to a basic food, bread spread with butter. [c. 1700]
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Means of livelihood, as in John's job is the family's bread and butter. [First half of 1700s]
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Ordinary, routine, as in Don't worry about it; this is just a bread and butter assignment. [Second half of 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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