• Bread-and-butter

    Full definition of bread-and-butter

    Adjective

    bread-and-butter

    1. bread-and-butter pudding
    2. Relating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living for the masses.

    Interjection

    1. (archaic) A general saying used to ward off bad luck
    2. (archaic) A saying specifically used to ward off bad luck when separating hands to walk either side of a tree
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