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81bread-and-butter\ letter — noun A written acknowledgment of hospitality received. Jane wrote the Browns a bread and butter letter when she returned home from her visit to them …
82bread-and-butter — see bread and butter …
83bread and butter — the main product, the source of profit We sell a variety of parts, but the oil filter is our bread and butter …
84bread and circuses — activities that are intended to keep people happy so that they do not complain about problems. Tax cuts are just bread and circuses designed to distract attention from the underlying economic crisis …
85bread and butter — UK / US noun [uncountable] informal something that provides your main income Tourism is the island s bread and butter …
86bread-and-butter — UK / US adjective very important or the most basic a bread and butter issue …
87Bread And Marmalade — As the process of deportation intensified in the ghettos, the Germans would on occasion entice starving Jews to volunteer for deportation with the promise of bread and marmalade or jam …
88bread and butter pudding — noun a baked pudding made with bread and custard filling …
89bread and butter — Basic; main component. ► “TRW cannot afford to ignore the Japanese market because auto parts are its bread and butter.” (Forbes, July 31, 1995, p. 45) …
90bread-and-butter plate — noun : a plate five to six inches in diameter for individual servings of bread and butter called also butter plate …
