Figure of speech such as "bread and butter" instead of "buttered bread" Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HENDIADYS Figure of speech such as "bread and butter" instead of "buttered bread" (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Oct 18, 2026
7% SHEA -- butter (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 10, 2026
7% TOAST Buttered breakfast bread (5)
7% AND Bread ___ butter (3) Universal May 9, 2025
7% NAAN Butter-brushed bread (4)
7% KNIFE Word with bread or butter (5)
7% ADSALES Facebook's bread and butter (7) USA Today May 1, 2019
7% STAPLES Bread and butter (7)
7% STAPLE Bread or butter (6) LA Times Daily Nov 21, 2018
7% NUT __ butter (bread spread) (3) Newsday May 18, 2018

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