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butter muslin
butter muslin
noun
- a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of butter muslin1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
They were of thin butter muslin, made extremely full from the neck, and with a thin piece of bamboo stitched down the length of the skirt under each arm.
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As each bird bites the dust, he wraps it carefully in many folds of "the best butter muslin."
She wore a peruke like all the Wigs, and an infinite number of skirts made of butter muslin.
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Strain through butter muslin into a clean flask and heat in the steamer for thirty minutes.
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Strain the mixture through butter muslin and filter through Swedish filter paper into a graduated cylinder.
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