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

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

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

"Ah," said Rosebery, "Would you know where last I saw him, He was eating bread and butterine."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

These are all made from animal fat, chiefly that of beef, and are known as butterine, oleomargarine, and by other trade names.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Are you sure that was real butter, or was it just butterine?

From Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese