butter boat en · NOUN
Meanings
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A shallow jug used for serving melted butter.
‘You've seen me in my Pourpre du Pape, and do you know, that at our last Academy dinner, a stupid fool spilt the butter-boat upon it?’
1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 238:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| butter boats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |