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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butter-box

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter-box
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Dutch person; used in the era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

British usage; Archaic; Derogatory; Slang

Etymology

The idiom may have derived from the flag of Holland, which at the time had an orange stripe on top.

Usage

Inflected Forms

butter-boxes (plural)

Questions

What does butter-box mean?
A Dutch person; used in the era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars.
Where does butter-box come from?
The idiom may have derived from the flag of Holland, which at the time had an orange stripe on top.

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