butterine

British  

/ ˈbʌtəˌriːn, -rɪn /

noun

1. an artificial butter made partly from milk

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Example Sentences

The Chronicle vowed "to tell the truth about breakfasts of stale bread and rancid butterine, the watery tea, the pallid chicory decoction which serves for coffee, the crowded, dingy, and ill-ventilated dormitories".

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2014

Cooked oatmeal, 1 cupFlour, 1½ cupsSugar, 2 tablespoonsBaking powder, 4 teaspoonsSalt, ½ teaspoonMilk, ½ cupEgg, 1Melted butterine, 2 tablespoons Mix and sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

From Everyday Foods in War Time by Rose, Mary Swartz

"No, I sold butter and butterine and a few other things."

From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.

Your recommendation of butterine for instance, would carry weight with some housekeepers who had never before thought of trying it and they would be grateful always for being shown how to cut their butter bill.

From Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest by McClure, Mary Jane

One of the strictest Government inspections is on butterine.

From Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest by McClure, Mary Jane