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kiss-her-in-the-butteries

kiss-her-in-the-butteries is the plural of kiss-her-in-the-buttery.

Meaning of kiss-her-in-the-buttery

Noun

kiss-her-in-the-buttery (plural kiss-her-in-the-butteries)

  1. Synonym of wild pansy (“Viola tricolor, a European wildflower with medicinal properties, which was formerly believed to ease heartache”)
    • From its coquettish hanging head and half-hidden face, the Pansy bears a whole catalogue of amatory names: it is Heart's-ease, Love in Idleness, Pink of my John[,] Tittle my Fancy, Jump up and Kiss me, Kiss behind the Garden Gate, Meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery—the longest...[1891, W[illiam] Tuckwell, “Plant-names of Persons, Places, Seasons”, in Tongues in Trees and Sermons in Stones, London: George Allen […], →OCLC, pages 79–80
    Synonyms:
    wild pansy

Questions about kiss-her-in-the-butteries

What is kiss-her-in-the-butteries the plural of?
Kiss-her-in-the-butteries is the plural of kiss-her-in-the-buttery.

Words near kiss-her-in-the-butteries in the dictionary

  1. kiss-ass
  2. kiss-asses
  3. kiss-curl
  4. kiss-curls
  5. kiss-cut
  6. kiss-her-in-the-butteries
  7. kiss-her-in-the-buttery
  8. kiss-in
  9. kiss-ins
  10. kiss-me-at-the-gate
  11. kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate

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