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someone's bread and butter (informal) a job or activity that provides you with the money you need to live. Teaching at the local college is his bread and butter. bread and butter a bread and butter subject or problem is about things that people need in order to live, such as money and jobs. Unemployment and taxes are the bread and butter issues of this campaign. your bread and butter something that provides you with regular income. Our customers are our bread and butter, so treat them with respect. |
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You ordered that thick bread and butter for three, did you? When noon came they opened the Fox-King's basket of luncheon, and found a nice roasted turkey with cranberry sauce and some slices of bread and butter. By ten o'clock in the morning, so much of my body's energy had I consumed, I felt hungry and snatched a thick double-slice of bread and butter from my dinner pail. |
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bread and butter
