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n. - A teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals; A small storeroom for storing foods or wines; Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.

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  • A rich buttery cake
  • buttery praise
  • Daddy parked at one side in buttery sand that sucked at our tires
  • The links have been dipped in buttery goodness and served to you on a platter that is made of smores.
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