Butterworth
Britishnoun
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George . 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
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Nick . born 1946, English writer and illustrator of children's books, many of which feature Percy, the animal-loving park keeper
Example Sentences
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Prof Jon Butterworth of University College London, described the level of cuts as "existentially threatening" to UK particle physics.
From BBC
Butterworth’s isn’t the top Republican hangout in D.C., or even the most exclusive one.
From Slate
Some of this also is because Butterworth’s has made itself a shiny object.
From Slate
But the image that had been popularly painted of Butterworth’s sometimes presented its own problems, and not just because it became the rare restaurant with duck breast being prepared in the kitchen while someone screams into a bullhorn at the front entrance.
From Slate
The operative noted that going to Butterworth’s was “a career move” and said they preferred to go to the dive bar two doors down: “I’d rather just go to the Tune Inn and have a better time.”
From Slate
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