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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Relating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bread, and, butter.
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intj
A general saying used to ward off bad luck
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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intj
A saying specifically used to ward off bad luck when separating hands to walk either side of a tree
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Alternative form of bread and butter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, plural, singular
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History
Reflecting that bread and butter are archetypally basic foodstuffs (daily necessities) in the places where the English language developed; compare daily bread, put bread on the table, earn one's bread, bread and water (as prisoners' diet or poverty diet), and know which side one's bread is buttered on.
