Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
butterbean .
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Examples
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Now with respect to fabas 'other name being "butterbeans", this name has been applied to the faba bean _Vicia faba_, though very infrequently.
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Add 2 cups shelled butterbeans and simmer until beans are creamy on the inside.
Gold Rush Sara Dickerman 2011
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Their performance was witnessed by a handful of music biz folks and oldtime music enthusiasts, and made me feel deeply homesick for Appalachia (I'm also craving cornbread and butterbeans today - there's a song for that).
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If you can't get your hands on fresh butterbeans, Mr. Hopkins says any fresh pea—like lady peas or edamame—will do.
Gold Rush Sara Dickerman 2011
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Their performance was witnessed by a handful of music biz folks and oldtime music enthusiasts, and made me feel deeply homesick for Appalachia (I'm also craving cornbread and butterbeans today - there's a song for that).
Boing Boing 2009
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Toss in the reserved butterbeans and 1 cup cream; cook until cream is reduced to a glaze.
Gold Rush Sara Dickerman 2011
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(Soundbite of song, "Cornbread and Butterbeans") CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS: (Singing) Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table, eatin 'them beans and makin' love as long as I am able.
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Sing a song, ding-dong, I'll take a trip to China, cornbread and butterbeans and back to North Carolina.
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And cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table, eatin 'them beans and makin' love as long as I am able.
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Cornbread and butterbeans and you across the table, eatin 'them beans and makin' love as long as I am able.
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