Speakur

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have one's bread buttered for life

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
have one's bread- but-tered -for life
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be furnished or supplied with a great amount.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

has one's bread buttered for life (present, singular) having one's bread buttered for life (participle, present) had one's bread buttered for life (participle, past) had one's bread buttered for life (past)

Questions

What does have one's bread buttered for life mean?
To be furnished or supplied with a great amount.

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