Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small piece of butter formed into a generally ornamental shape for the table.
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Examples
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One, a butter-pat a term for a butter dish about 2 inches across actually has the magic word "Automat" on it.
If These Plates Could Talk Richard Snow 2011
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I picture a pancake with a syrup cape, a butter-pat shield and a plastic-knife sword.
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The night was rapidly approaching, and up above hung a butter-pat moon, melting in a golden circle, over a dark blue plate sky.
Thanksgiving Belinda 2008
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The night was rapidly approaching, and up above hung a butter-pat moon, melting in a golden circle, over a dark blue plate sky.
Archive 2008-10-01 Angcat 2008
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And now here Aunt Abigail, talking about a butter-pat, had brought it to life!
Understood Betsy 1917
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And now here Aunt Abigail, talking about a butter-pat, had brought it to life!
Understood Betsy Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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In the bygone butter-pat era I could hold my own with the best of them.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 Various 1898
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"Go out and put the butter-pat somewhere," she said to Peletiah, who still held it in his hand, waiting to present it.
Five Little Peppers and their Friends Margaret Sidney 1884
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Rachel held the butter-pat firmly in her slender, brown hand.
Five Little Peppers and their Friends Margaret Sidney 1884
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"I lost the butter-pat," observed Peletiah again, and standing over her.
Five Little Peppers and their Friends Margaret Sidney 1884
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