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butter muslin

noun

, Chiefly British.


butter muslin

noun

  1. a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

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.

Strain through butter muslin into a clean flask and heat in the steamer for thirty minutes.

Strain the mixture through butter muslin and filter through Swedish filter paper into a graduated cylinder.

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