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bull butter

noun

Etymology

From bull + butter.

  1. derived from βούτῡρον
  2. derived from būtȳrum
  3. inherited from *buterā✻
  4. inherited from butere
  5. inherited from buter
  6. compounded as bull butter — “bull + butter”

Definitions

  1. margarine

    • About one-third of this importation was margarine, which in America was called "bull butter."

  2. bullshit

    • (for you city folks, bull butter is that black, smelly substance found in piles all over cow pastures) but in your case, the bull butter ain't on the outside.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA