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butter-and-egg money

butter-and-egg money noun: money for household expenses.

Noun

butter-and-egg money (uncountable)

  1. (dated) Money for household expenses.

Questions about butter-and-egg money

What does butter-and-egg money mean?
Butter-and-egg money means money for household expenses.
What part of speech is butter-and-egg money?
Butter-and-egg money is a noun.

Words near butter-and-egg money in the dictionary

  1. butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
  2. butter yellow
  3. butter yellows
  4. butter-and-egg man
  5. butter-and-egg men
  6. butter-and-egg money
  7. butter-and-egger
  8. butter-and-eggers
  9. butter-and-eggs
  10. butter-box
  11. butter-boxes

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