Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

school-butter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: school-but-ter
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

A taunt used in the American South to call schoolboys out of school to fight.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"On Tuesday morning before the homicide Aaron C. Shelton passed the school-house in which the school was then in session, hallooed school-butter, and passed on to his work without any disturbance […]"

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does school-butter mean?: A taunt used in the American South to call schoolboys out of school to fight.

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