butter knife

noun

a small knife with a dull blade, for cutting, serving, or spreading butter.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of butter knife¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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PC Stephen Smith emptied almost a full can of pepper spray into Donald Burgess's face when he refused to drop an item of cutlery similar to a butter knife, Southwark Crown Court heard.

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“Our butter knife was a brain retractor,” he says with a playful smile.

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Everything from butter knives to headache medicine was locked up.

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“The best weeding tool is a butter knife,” Rojas says confidentially.

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Cool muffins on a rack for 5 minutes, then use a thin offset spatula or butter knife to extract each from its cup.

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butterine Buttermere

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