释义 |
ˈNutter2 Also nutter. [f. nut n.1 1 + butter n.1] The proprietary name of a substitute for butter made from the oil of nuts; nut-butter.
1906Westm. Gaz. 18 May 4/2 ‘Nutter’, ‘Nucoline’, and ‘Nuttene’ —all representing butter made from nuts. 1909H. G. Wells Ann Veronica vii. §3 Fruitarian refreshments—chestnut sandwiches buttered with nutter, and so forth. 1915Barnett Let. 2 May (1915) 127 One [sc. a trench mortar]..fires a cylindrical thing like a Nutter tin. 1920Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 May 971 Nutter... Fats used in cooking. Mapleton's Nut Food Company, Limited,..Liverpool; food manufacturers. 1926–7Army & Navy Stores Catal. 67/1 Nutter—the ideal cooking fat. 1958Catal. County Stores (Taunton) June 29 Vegetarian foods..Cooking Fat, Nutter lb. 2/1. 1974R. B. Parker God save Child (1975) xi. 81 Dolly Bartlett got a package of Nutter Butter cookies from the cabinet. |