bread and butter n.2
1. the gutter.
![]() | Eve. Standard 19 Aug. cited in (1960). | |
![]() | Dict. of Rhy. Sl. 43/1: bread and butter The gutter. Late 19 C. origin, still in use. | |
![]() | Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl. | |
![]() | Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 19: Bread and Butter [...] gutter. | |
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![]() | Sun 14 July n.p.: It sounds rather Piccadilly (silly) but it looks like Mike won’t find himself in any bread and butter (gutter) in the future. |
2. (Aus.) a stutter.
![]() | Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 19: Bread and Butter Stutter. | |
![]() | Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress 282: This other little kid, has a terrible bread-and-butter. |
3. an eccentric or mad person [nutter n. (1)].
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![]() | Layer Cake 92: I bet he’s a total bread and butter in the John-Wayne-style straightener. |
4. a golf putter.
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