Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knowing which side one's bread is buttered on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
know-ing which side one's bread- is but-tered on
IPA
63
Scrabble Score
37
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of know which side one's bread is buttered on

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What does knowing which side one's bread is buttered on mean?
present participle and gerund of know which side one's bread is buttered on

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