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Meaning of butter-and-egg man | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A prosperous dairy farmer (or other wealthy rural citizen), seen as coming into the big city and ostentatiously living it up.

US, dated, slang

Examples

“He puffed on the big cigar that he always had stuck in his face and posed back like a big butter-and-egg man.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

butter-and-egg money butter-and-egger butter-and-eggs butter-box butter-ham butter-slide