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buttering the cony

buttering the cony is the present participle of butter the cony.

Meaning of butter the cony

Verb

butter the cony (third-person singular simple present butters the cony, present participle buttering the cony, simple past and past participle buttered the cony)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, rare) To take advantage of an unmissable opportunity.

Questions about buttering the cony

What is buttering the cony the present participle of?
Buttering the cony is the present participle of butter the cony.

Words near buttering the cony in the dictionary

  1. buttering
  2. buttering down
  3. buttering one's bread on both sides
  4. buttering out
  5. buttering someone's biscuit
  6. buttering the cony
  7. buttering up
  8. butterings
  9. butterinski
  10. butterinskies
  11. butterinskis

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