bread-and-butter
51bread-and-butter note — noun A short note thanking someone who has recently provided the writer with hospitality. Syn: bread and butter letter …
52bread-and-butter pericardium — a pericardium having a thick fibrinous deposit on its surfaces; see also bread and butter pericarditis …
53bread-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 …
54bread and butter pudding — noun a baked pudding made with bread and custard filling …
55bread and butter — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The means needed to support life: alimentation, alimony, bread, keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, subsistence, support, sustenance, upkeep. See MONEY …
56bread and butter — a person s livelihood or main source of income. → bread …
57quarrel with bread and butter — Bread and butter, here, indicate the means of one’s living. (That is why we say ‘he is the bread winner of the family’). If a sub ordinate in an organisation is quarrelsome or if he is not patient enough to bear the reprimand he deserves, gets… …
58someone's bread and butter — (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 …
59your bread and butter — (your) bread and butter something that provides you with regular income. Our customers are our bread and butter, so treat them with respect …
60quarrel with one's bread and butter — To act in a way prejudicial to one s means of subsistence • • • Main Entry: ↑quarrel …