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Search phrase: butter

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Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.21be prologue to an egg and butter.be Prologue to an Egge and Butter.
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.i.60are up already, and call for eggs and butter. They willare vp already, and call for Egges and Butter. They will
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.117butter – pitiful-hearted Titan! – that melted at the sweetButter, pittifull hearted Titan that melted at the sweete
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.496.2As fat as butter.As fat as Butter.
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.20duck. I pressed me none but such toasts-and-butter,Ducke. I prest me none but such Tostes and Butter,
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.59hath already made thee butter. But tell me, Jack, whosehath alreadie made thee Butter: but tell me, Iack, whose
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.287rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh therather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.v.106heat as butter; a man of continual dissolution and thaw.heate as butter; a man of continuall dissolution, and thaw:

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Glossary

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butterspread butter on
butter-woman[woman who deals in butter, dairy-maid] chatterer, gabbler
clawflatter, fawn upon, butter up
putterWelsh pronunciation of 'butter'
salt-buttercheap-living, mean, avaricious
toast-and-buttermilksop, wimp, pampered individual

Thesaurus

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butter upclaw
spread butter onbutter
spread butter onbutter

Themes and Topics

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Welsh

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BUTTERBASICbutter n, butter v, buttering n
BUTTERFOODtoast-and-butter n
BUTTERPEOPLEbutter-woman n
BUTTERPLACEbuttery n, buttery bar n
BUTTERTYPEsalt-butter adj

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