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buttery

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buttery
1. a room for storing foods or wines
2. Brit (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students

buttery
1. Pantry or wine cellar; formerly a medieval storeroom for provisions (originally bouteillerie).
2. (Brit.) Dispensary of provisions, esp. food and drink, to college students.


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"And, what is more," said Hordle John, suddenly appearing out of the buttery with the huge board upon which the pastry was rolled, "if either raise sword I shall flatten him like a Shrovetide pancake.
And he kicked open the buttery door without ceremony and brought to light a venison pasty and cold roast pheasant--goodly sights to a hungry man.
The circle broke up, each collaring his own jug, glass, and song-book; Bill pounced on the big table, and began to rattle it away to its place outside the buttery door.
 
 
 
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