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Definition of Butter up

1. Verb. Flatter with the intention of getting something. "Sam cannot butter up Sue "

Definition of Butter up

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain. ¹

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Literary usage of Butter up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Journey Around the World: An Illustrated Record of a Year's Travel of by Francis Edward Clark, Harriet Elizabeth Clark (1895)
"... the Rice — " Chinaman Makee Glow" — Three Crops im a Season — Water Buffaloes — Christianity and Butter — Up the Pearl River — Junks and Flower Boats, ..."

2. Argot and Slang: A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words by Albert Marie Victor Barrère (1889)
"Jeter de la —, to flatter, " to butter up." Pom- made, ruin ; misfortune. Tomber dans la —, to be ruined, " to be chawed up," or " smashed up. ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1899)
"... surely no woman who cared at all for the reputation as a butter maker, would ever put such butter up'm the market if she knew how to make it any better. ..."

4. A New Family Encyclopedia: Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge by Charles Augustus Goodrich (1835)
"The beating of butter up by the hand is an indelicate practice ; and, as it is hurtful to the quality of the butter to pour cold water on it during this ..."

5. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives by United States Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (1921)
"... be difficult to mark butter in the case of the Blue Valley Creamery where they put their butter up in quarter pounds, half pounds, and 1-pound packages. ..."

6. Table Service by Lucy Grace Allen (1915)
"... patting to about one fourth of an inch in thickness (holding butter-paddles parallel to each other) and rolling the circular pat of butter up. ..."

7. The Cooks and Confectioners Dictionary; Or, The Accomplish'd Housewifes ...by cook John Nott, John Nott by cook John Nott, John Nott (1723)
"... or roll it in a Batter made of Cream, Eggs, Flour and Salt, and fry it; beat Ibme butter up 55. ..."

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