See|bread-and-butter
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Noun
bread and butter (uncountable)

#Bread spread with butter.
#idiom That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.
#:They will do some machining if you ask them, but sheet metal has always been their bread and butter.

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See also bread-and-butter
no bread and butter of mine

• 2006-09-24 09:28 - Paul G - +literal sense (not quite literal, because it is more than just bread and butter individually); +der; uncountable

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