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poor man's butter

poor man's butter noun: margarine.

Noun

poor man's butter (uncountable)

  1. (dated, derogatory) Margarine.
  2. (Caribbean, dated) The avocado fruit.

Synonyms of poor man's butter

Questions about poor man's butter

What does poor man's butter mean?
Poor man's butter means margarine.
What part of speech is poor man's butter?
Poor man's butter is a noun.

Words near poor man's butter in the dictionary

  1. poor losers
  2. poor man of mutton
  3. poor man's
  4. poor man's asparagus
  5. poor man's black velvet
  6. poor man's butter
  7. poor man's cabbage
  8. poor man's cake
  9. poor man's caviar
  10. poor man's cocaine
  11. poor man's concrete

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