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butter-ham
/bʊtəɹam/
noun 3
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2VERB + BUTTER-HAM
eating
BUTTER-HAM + NOUN
herrings
Definitions
noun
1
A slice of buttered bread.
Faith, I was within ams-ace of being found out ; for one night at a mum-house, where I was eating a butter-ham and pickled herrings, with some of the states, and where I was giving my self airs of greatness and interest in my country, swearing I myself would take care that my country, and three counties round about me, should choose none but hearty Whigs.
Give me a butterham, with flesh, and a half-bottle wine.
2
One of two strips of trim on either side of a cloak.
A cloak, half a yard shorter than the Breeches, not through lin'd, but fac'd as far as 'twas turned back, with a pair of frugal butter-hams.
3
a person who is overly ostentatious in their dress or actions.
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Faith, I was within ams-ace of being found out ; for one night at a mum-house, where I was eating a butter-ham and pickled herrings, with some of the states, and where I was giving my self airs of gre
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Give me a butterham, with flesh, and a half-bottle wine.
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A cloak, half a yard shorter than the Breeches, not through lin'd, but fac'd as far as 'twas turned back, with a pair of frugal butter-hams.
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