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What is bread and butter?

What is bread and butter? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see bread,‎ butter.
  2. (idiomatic) That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.
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The ability to cut very thin bread was greatly prized and dainty bread and butter was often served for afternoon tea.
Often, this much-maligned contest is dismissed as a needless distraction from the bread and butter of the League.
It's bread and butter work and a host of other urgers and coat tuggers have now tuned in to the lurk.
Once you have had your fill of plain smoked salmon with brown bread and butter, think about using it in cooking.
Twenty years ago, however, the company's bread and butter work was nailing matrimonial infidels.
The home-made desserts are supreme, in particular the clootie dumpling, bread and butter pudding and rhubarb crumble and custard.

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