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View synonyms for butterfly nut

butterfly nut

noun



butterfly nut

noun

  1. another name for wing nut
“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 butterfly nut1

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

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