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Butler, city (1990 pop. 15,714), seat of Butler co., W Pa.; inc. as a borough 1817, as a city 1917. It is located in an area with coal, natural gas, oil, and limestone resources. Glass and plastic products, machinery, and abrasives are made. Moraine State Park is there. Butler See also Servant. Balderstone, Caleb archetypal faithful servant of the Ravens-woods. [Br. Lit.: Bride of Lammermoor] Peter Wimsey’s foil and jack-of-all-trades. [Br. Lit.: The Nine Tailors] resourceful servant proves more than equal to his employers when household is marooned. [Br. Lit.: The Admirable Crichton] Justice Shallow’s varlet; assumes identity of master. [Br. Lit.: Henry IV] Lovewit’s house servant; connives to make profit by alchemy. [Br. Lit.: The Alchemist]
gentleman’s gentleman for architect and motherless children. [TV: “Family Affair” in Terrace, I, 254] when the impecunious socialite is hired as a butler, he and his mistress fall in love. [Am. Cinema: My Man Godfrey in Halliwell] nostalgic, punctilious master of “downstairs.” [Br. TV: Upstairs, Downstairs] manservant who frequently rescues his master. [Br. Lit.: novels of P. G. Wodehouse; Espy, 337] Addams’s zombielike, extremely tall butler. [TV: “The Addams Family” in Terrace, I, 29] bungling foil to the punctilious Fogg. [Fr. Lit.: Around the World in Eighty Days] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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