| 单词 | subaltern's butter |
| 释义 | > as lemmassubaltern's butter subaltern's butter n. (also subalterns' butter) now historical the avocado (avocado n. a), formerly used as a substitute for butter; also called midshipman's butter. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > avocado shell-pear1672 alligator pear1696 avocado1697 vegetable marrow1788 subaltern's butter1816 midshipman's butter1866 Holy Ghost pear1886 1816 J. Waller Treat. Incubus 105 It [sc. the avocado] has obtained amongst military men the name of subaltern's butter. 1862 W. G. Hamley Capt. Clutterbuck's Champagne 110 Subalterns' butter! yes, that was the familiar name we gave them in those days when fresh butter as a thing unknown in Jamaica. 1926 Otago Daily Times (N.Z.) 24 Mar. 4 There are great possibilities in the New Zealand market for Avocado pears, more widely known in the South Seas as ‘subaltern's butter’. 1996 M. Morton Cupboard Love 351 A hundred years earlier the name subaltern's butter had also been applied to the avocado. < as lemmas |
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