peanut butter and jam

Definitions

Synonym of peanut butter and jelly.

countable, uncountable

Examples

““And I’ve got three ham sands with mustard, two date⟳ squares and an apple,” said Alice. “How about you, Jim?” asked Rolly. “Four peanut butter and jams, and a bag of hickory-smoked potato chips. What about you?””

“I remember⟳ going up to Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island on a school ski trip⟳ when I was in elementary school and pulling out my sandwich at lunchtime in the chalet. Everyone was sitting around going through what I like⟳ to call⟳ lunchtime poker, ‘I got a peanut butter and jam, whatdayou got?’”

“Naddie and I went to the park⟳. We took a picnic basket and had lunch. I ate a peanut butter and jam samwich.”

“Then Kristen reminded them that she had her picnic bag at hand. In it there was a spoon and a knife for spreading peanut butter and jam.”

“I’ve made a tray of sandwiches. Toothpick umbrellas in crunchy peanut butter and raspberry. Gerald shuffles into the kitchen in plaid pyjamas, his favourite red Ferrari shirt, and asks for a peanut butter and jam.”

“Breakfast begins the day with a choice of hot cereal, and a variety of cold cereals, yogurt, fresh fruit, bread for toasting, peanut butter and jams, and juices.”

“After he’d choked down half a pimiento sandwich, trying to be a good sport, then switched over to a peanut butter and jam, they’d climbed rocks, posed about a million times for Matthew to take⟳ pictures, gone wading in a creek—so many fun things and, too soon, the day was over.”

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