peanut-butter-and-jelly

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Examples

“Sam was so happy he ate two peanut-butter-and-jellies, and a glass of milk, and chocolate pudding with cream, and five Lorna Doones.”

“I have⟳ undergone over 17 of these therapeutic treatments and if you get⟳ hungry, I left some peanut-butter-and-jellies in the fridge.”

“Sometimes they drift in from the Yukon and other far places, come⟳ in and sit⟳ down at the kitchen table, want⟳ a glass of milk and a peanut-butter-and-jelly, I oblige, for old times’ sake.”

“She made some peanut-butter-and-jellies, wrapping them in aluminum foil—she wondered whatever happened to wax paper, like⟳ her mother used to use⟳—and put⟳ them in a paper bag along with some beers and some DDPs.”

“Some of the students pass⟳ up the Sloppy Joes for chicken salad sandwiches, or decide⟳ to make⟳ their own⟳ peanut-butter-and-jellies.”

““Oh, yes. Up from the Brownies. We all remember⟳ peanut-butter-and-jellies very well. No picnic without them.””

“You can feast on turkey tacos for $4.50, vegetarian sandwiches for $4, and peanut-butter-and-jellies for $1.75.”

“The men greedily unwrapped each sandwich, tossing the peanut-butter-and-jellies into a trash barrel along with the Oreos, Fig Newtons, and carrot strips. Baby food. These were grown men with serious appetites.”

“Until I was much older and had started thinking for myself more, I followed Ferrell's hand-me-down recipe and swirled the peanut butter and jelly before spreading it on both crackers and white bread. I still love⟳ peanut-butter-and-jellies, but now my recipe is my own⟳ creation.”

““And I’ll make⟳ more of those peanut-butter-and-jellies. I’ll eat⟳ with him. It’ll help⟳ us bond.””

“I’ll bring⟳ the peanut-butter-and-jellies. It’ll be like⟳ camp.”

“From birth, Christian had a sense⟳ of flair: In grammar school he’d cut⟳ our peanut-butter-and-jellies into crustless tea sandwiches and include⟳ a fluted paper plate in our lunch bags, indifferent to mockery.”

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