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creamery|ˈkriːmərɪ|
[f. cream + -ery: in sense 2 certainly, and in sense 1 possibly immediately ad. F. crèmerie.]
1. a. An establishment (often worked on the co-operative or joint-stock principle) in which butter (and cheese) is manufactured on a large scale from milk supplied by a number of producers; a butter-factory. Also the work of such an establishment, the making of butter, etc. (First used in U.S.)
1872Rep. Vermont Board Agric. I. 164 Mr. Bliss spoke of the creameries in New York. 1879(title) Associated Dairying: Creameries and Creamery, Butter, Cheese and Cheese-making..12mo. pp. 74. Lancaster (Pa.). 1881Chicago Times 16 Apr., The creamery is fast superseding the dairy in all thickly settled portions of the northwest. 1886Pall Mall. G. 10 Sept. 4/3 The introduction of creameries, or establishments for churning the cream of the small farmers..in Ireland. 1971Deerfield (Wis.) Independent 28 Jan. 1 Farmers in those days brought their milk to the creamery by horse and wagon.
b. The produce of this industry, esp. butter. U.S.
a1877N.Y. Bulletin (Bartlett), In the general features of the butter market there is no change. The fine creameries are considered well sold at 23 cts.;..Western creamery, 22 cts. 1881Chicago Times 14 May, The current makes of creamery [butter] are already beginning to show a good deal of grass flavor and color. 1909Public Ledger (Philad.) 24 June 12/4 Butter..desirable grades of both solid-packed creamery and prints.
c. attrib. creamery butter, butter made at a creamery, as distinguished from that made at a private dairy; so creamery print (print n. 5).
1882Chicago Advance 6 Apr. 213 A deal of knowledge about this creamery business.
1881Bradstreet's 26 Nov. 349/2 Creamery butter sold at 30 {at} 32c. 1894Field 9 June 846/2 The average price realised for Irish creamery butter was 88s. f.o.r. at this creamery. 1935Economist 7 Sept. 458/1 The Imperial Economic Committee estimates that British production of creamery butter amounted to about 63,300 cwts. in the calendar year 1930.
1886Standard 24 May 2/1 The efforts of Canon Bagot to extend the creamery system in Ireland..have resulted in the formation of the Creameries Association of Ireland. Eight Creamery Companies have been affiliated.
1909Public Ledger (Philad.) 24 June 12/4 Pennsylvania and other nearby creamery prints.
2. A name for a shop where milk, cream, butter, etc. are sold, and light refreshments supplied.
(Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858 has Crèmerie, a breakfast or refreshment house in French towns.) |