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Butterworth

/ ˈbʌtəwəθ /

noun

  1. ButterworthGeorge18851916MBritishMUSIC: composer George . 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
  2. ButterworthNick1946MBritishWRITING: writer Nick . born 1946, English writer and illustrator of children's books, many of which feature Percy, the animal-loving park keeper
“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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Example Sentences

Trevor Butterworth on the high-stakes crimes taking place in the shadows.

Trevor Butterworth is a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Forbes, and the Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Gryce and Miss Butterworth stepped at once into the light, and surveyed each other with a look of marked discouragement.

Miss Butterworth put her eye again to the opening, and gave a grunt, a very decided grunt.

Another day went by, enlivened only by an interchange of notes between Mr. Gryce and Miss Butterworth.

This made a diversion, and the young girls moved off, leaving Miss Butterworth without occupation.

"I remember you," said Miss Butterworth, peering up into his face to read his features in the dim light.

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