bread and butter

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bread and butter Meaning of "bread and butter"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the financial means whereby one lives

Synonym(s)

livelihood, living, support, sustenance

Usage(s):

  1. Offense: Emphasized his bread and butter issues of taxes and spending, and hit Obama on his failure to visit Iraq and his expressed willingness to meet with dictators.
  2. Statehouse coverage is the bread and butter of a newspaper: unsexy and repetitive, but one of the foundations of a nutritional news diet.
  3. Weddings are the bread and butter of bridal fairs and magazines, and of the fashion and event management industries.
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