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Upon the banquetting night it was removed into the buttry; which in all respects was very laudably performed.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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Buttery, and bring into the Hall a manchet upon the point of a knife, he is pardoned: for the buttry in that case is a sanctuary.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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Lieutenant of the Tower; then the Utter Barrister's table; and lastly the Clerk's table; all which time the musick must stand right above the harth side, with the noise of their musick; their faces direct towards the highest table; and that done, to return into the buttry, with their music sounding.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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If I hadn't eat somethin 'I found in the buttry I would have starved, I guess.
Thankful's Inheritance Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
Logophile77 commented on the word buttry
To the best of my knowledge, it is a dairy. Specifically, perhaps, where milk is made into butter. One who works in a buttry is known as a buttriss.
December 10, 2017