butterbread

butterbread
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: translation of Pennsylvania German budderbrot & German butterbrot
dialect : a piece of bread and butter

hey ma, can I have a butterbread

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/but"euhr bred'/, n. Chiefly Pennsylvania.
bread spread with butter.
[1905-10; a calque of the PaG equivalent of G Butterbrot; see BUTTER, BREAD]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • butterbread — /but euhr bred /, n. Chiefly Pennsylvania. bread spread with butter. [1905 10; a calque of the PaG equivalent of G Butterbrot; see BUTTER, BREAD] * * * …   Universalium

  • Butterbrot — The German word Butterbrot (literally: butterbread = bread with butter) describes a slice of bread topped with butter. The words in the different dialects for it vary from Butterstulle , Stulle , Schnitte , buterbrodas , Bütterken to Bemme or… …   Wikipedia

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