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Definition of "butter-scotch" [but•ter-scotch]

  • A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "butter-scotch" in a sentence
  • "Laura Goodman (don't laugh) looked like, as Antonia had put it once, "a dirty old man's wet dream," with long, butter-scotch blond hair, big blue eyes, and long strong limbs."
  • "He must confront without a quiver the notion of a child who shall be childish, that is, full of energy, but without an idea of independence; fundamentally as eager for authority as for information and butter-scotch."
  • "“Do you realize how many calories are in those butter-scotch bars?”"
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