bread and butter

Speech parts

1. bread and butter - Noun

2. bread and butter - Adjective

3. bread and butter - Interjection

4. bread and butter - Phrase

Meaning

the financial means whereby one lives

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

bread-and-butter

Synonyms

support living keep livelihood sustenance alliance work food income occupation bacon alimentation board pain meat
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Antonyms

unprovided for lack of money go without food be low in the lay be stranded go into dry dock
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Hypernyms

resource

Hyponyms

maintenance amenities subsistence meal ticket comforts conveniences

Examples

I won't quarrel with my bread and butter. Jonathan Swift

Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter. William Makepeace Thackeray

Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter Would you know how first he met her She was cutting bread and butter. William Makepeace Thackeray

Never fall out with your bread and butter. English Proverb

Never quarrel with one's bread and butter. American Proverb

Never quarrel with one's bread and butter. Albanian Proverb

Words in the phrase

bread and butter

Close letter words and terms

breachless breachy bread bread and butter pickle bread and butter pudding bread and circuses