Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butter-and-egg man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: but-ter-and-eg-g -man
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prosperous dairy farmer (or other wealthy rural citizen), seen as coming into the big city and ostentatiously living it up.

American usage; Dated; Slang

Example Sentences

"He puffed on the big cigar that he always had stuck in his face and posed back like a big butter-and-egg man."

Usage

American usage
Dated
Slang

Inflected Forms

butter-and-egg men (plural)

Questions

What does butter-and-egg man mean?: A prosperous dairy farmer (or other wealthy rural citizen), seen as coming into the big city and ostentatiously living it up.

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