Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Margarine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun archaic A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.
- noun An artificial butter made by emulsifying a fatty oil with more or less milk and water; it was formerly made predominantly from animal fats, but now is made predominantly or exclusively from vegetable oils, sometimes mixed with animal fats.
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- noun dated
margarine
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
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Examples
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July 15, 1869: It's a hallowed day for butter substitutes, as French chemist Hippolyte Mege-Mouries patents a shiny spread he calls oleomargarine, after the Greek word for "pearl."
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Plaxico Burress was playing as if he'd coated his hands in oleomargarine before sprinting onto the field.
The Sweet Taste of Victory grrm 2007
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Before I leave oleomargarine and go on to some of our substitutions, may I remark that even the fact we are to enjoy oleomargarine is due to the actions of a substitute for Parliament.
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I have found that in the method now generally adopted by manufacturers of oleomargarine, which is produced in immense quantities, the use of water, for washing the fat before melting it, is not only omitted but specially avoided.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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-- The best substitute for butter and the one most largely used is called oleomargarine, which in the United States alone constitutes about two and 1/2 per cent. of all the fat used as butter.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
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Searching on the web, I found this: "Until 1952, U.S. law required that margarine producers use the name" oleomargarine "to describe their product."
Grandma's chocolate pie | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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Footnote 1104 -- changed comma to semi-colon before "oleomargarine"
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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Goose grease and other greasy fats, such as oleomargarine, sperfett (a mixture of stearic fats with oil), beef marrow 10.00 32.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison 1867
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In retail sales of oleo - margarine not in the original package the seller shall attach to each package so sold, and shall deliver therewith to the purchaser, a label or wrapper bearing in a conspicuous place upon the outside of the package the words "imitation butter", or the word "oleomargarine" or "butterine".
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Maybe because oleomargarine was for many years an illicit substance, but started to gain wide popular acceptance during and after World War I.
reesetee commented on the word oleomargarine
Brown has a lovely baby girl,
The stork left her with a flutter.
He named her "Oleomargarine,"
For he hadn't any but her.
July 3, 2007
slumry commented on the word oleomargarine
What fun! I had not heard that before.
And it makes me think--doesn't someone have a list of words that have been lopped off at the front? If so, margarine belongs there.
July 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word oleomargarine
I have a list like that, slumry--and thanks for the suggestion! I don't recall whether margarine is already on it, but it will be in a second. :-)
July 3, 2007
slumry commented on the word oleomargarine
Oh, and also oleo on the complementary list?
July 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word oleomargarine
Excellent! Done!
July 3, 2007