butter-ham

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A slice of buttered bread. obsolete
    — 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.
  2. One of two strips of trim on either side of a cloak. archaic
    — 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. North,Yorkshire

词形变化

butter-hams plural

词源

From butter + ham, a calque of Dutch boterham.
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