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bread-and-butter definition

bread·-and-butter (-'n but′ər)

adjective

  1. relating to subsistence or to the product, work, etc. basically relied on for earnings
  2. basic, commonplace, everyday, etc.
  3. ☆ expressing thanks, as a letter sent to one's host or hostess after a visit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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