Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The color of butter; golden yellow.
- noun A substance containing a large amount of coloring matter which is mixed with butter, oleomargarin, butterin, or suine, to give it a rich yellow color; a preparation of madder or of arnotto thus used.
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Examples
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Mired in misguided more is more philosophy, I attempt to write Gobble in a large blank spot where butter-color space had already worked its magic.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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Mired in misguided more is more philosophy, I attempt to write Gobble in a large blank spot where butter-color space had already worked its magic.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
peekaboo78 commented on the word butter-color
It's like butter.
January 6, 2026