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Butter-box. World English Historical Dictionary

Butter-box. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. Butter-box 1.  A box for holding butter.

1 1756.  Nugent, Gr. Tour, I. 44. The common people seldom go upon a journey without a butter-box in their pockets.

2   † 2.  Contemptuous designation for a Dutchman. Cf. also butter bag, -mouth (BUTTER sb.1 5).

3 1600.  Dekker, Gentle Craft, Wks. 1873, I. 21. We have not men enow, but wee must entertaine every butterbox.

4 1624.  Massinger, Renegado, II. v. Some low country butterbox.

5 1672.  H. Stubbe, Justif. Dutch War, 79. The World is coming to a fine pass when these Butter-boxes presume to teach all Europe Civility.

6 1811.  Dict. Buckish Slang, Butter Box, a Dutchman, from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country.

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