I handed a plate of bread-and-butter to Miss Niccole. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
The unlovely bread-and-butter business pressed upon her. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
"They mean bread-and-butter, anyway," said Selwyn bluntly. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
"If he can't eat bread-and-butter he don't want anything.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
But news was news, and in this case news was bread-and-butter. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
We played bread-and-butter and the boys played hide the switch. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
Once there was a bread-and-butter one, about which there has been. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
Manning had brought in the bread-and-butter and apple pudding that. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
"This is no place for kids in the bread-and-butter stage of growth.". From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
Mercedes-Benz has finally gotten serious about its bread-and-butter sedan. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: Mercedes-Benz C350 Sport] Reference
He says I'm a-tryin 'ter pray the bread-and-butter right aout'n aour mouths. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
Meanwhile, bread-and-butter trading activities aren't holding up terribly well. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Hong Kong Exchanges' Golden Age] Reference
He says he has no doubt at all that it was really a sound piece of bread-and-butter. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
Although English, nobody could accuse Miss Tempest of being a "bread-and-butter miss.". From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
The bread-and-butter plate, if used, should be placed at the upper left hand of the fork. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
He says the previous government alienated most of Canada by ignoring bread-and-butter issues. From Wordnik.com. ['Yesterday's Man' Is Back] Reference
His greatest fear was that CBS would order him back to covering bread-and-butter news stories. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of The Road] Reference
It's a grandiose dream that, so far at least, seems to be trumping mundane bread-and-butter issues. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Son Falters] Reference
But their bread-and-butter trade is in "lifestyle" antidepressants, chiefly Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft. From Wordnik.com. [Prozac Pipeline] Reference
Historically, nothing has mattered to voters more than bread-and-butter issues: growth and inflation. From Wordnik.com. [Global Investor: Don't Throw The Bums Out] Reference
They seem to be very fond of shrimp-paste, which they spread on their bread-and-butter instead of jam. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Book of London] Reference
It was perhaps a little hardened by the sun, but otherwise it was quite a nice piece of bread-and-butter. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
In short, he snatched the bread-and-butter, and made short work of it, for it was in his pouch in a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
His mind is set, not on things above, but on the bread-and-butter, or, more precisely, rice, aspect of life. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
But he says voters in his district are still more interested in local, bread-and-butter issues like this project. From Wordnik.com. [GOP Targets Conservative-Leaning Districts In N.Y.] Reference
Two of the three rounds set forth of unappetising bread-and-butter he ate, swallowed a great cup of lukewarm tea. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Her mother had eaten two bits of bread-and-butter, that evening, and had drunk the tea Dora all alone had made her. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The slice of bread-and-butter was sodden with the tea which had been spilt on it as she had put it so hurriedly down. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The so-called "bread-and-butter brigade" was looked down upon with a contempt that could hardly be expressed in words. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
At Sunday morning breakfast, for example, they received as a treat half an egg each to eat with their bread-and-butter. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd George The Man and His Story] Reference
Sally cut some bread-and-butter the child arranged her violets in a cup, to make, as she said, "the table look pretty.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets] Reference
And no, bread-and-butter issues were not central either; those, too, would not have driven Palestinians to vote for Hamas. From Wordnik.com. [The Polls: What the Palestinians Really Voted For] Reference
It does not deal with the finer phases of character, but with those practical things which lead to a bread-and-butter success. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
They have cocoa in the mornings for breakfast and bread-and-jam or bread-and-butter, and they have the same again at tea-time. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Book of London] Reference
If the dog refuses to touch it, say loudly, "I cannot understand how any animal can decline such delightful bread-and-butter.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914] Reference
Philip got a broom and swept out the kitchen; Mr. Rowles brought in a handful of mustard-and-cress as a relish for bread-and-butter. From Wordnik.com. [Littlebourne Lock] Reference
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