English Dictionary

butter-ham

IPA（発音記号）

/bʊtəɹam/

名詞

廃用 古語 北部方言 ヨークシャー方言

(obsolete) A slice of buttered bread. / (archaic) One of two strips of trim on either side of a cloak. / (North Yorkshire) a person who is overly ostentatious in their dress or actions.

日本語の意味

バターを塗ったパンの一切れ（時代遅れの意味） / マントの両側に付く装飾用の縁（古風な意味） / 服装や行動が過剰に派手な人（北ヨークシャーの方言における意味）

She placed a butter-ham on the saucer beside the teacup, recalling how her grandmother used to serve one with her tea.

彼女はティーカップのそばの小皿にバターを塗ったパンの一切れを置き、祖母が紅茶と一緒にそれを出してくれたことを思い出した。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A slice of buttered bread.

Faith, I was within ams-ace of being found out ; for one night at a mum-house, where I was eating a butter-ham and pickled herrings, with some of the states, and where I was giving my self airs of greatness and interest in my country, swearing I myself would take care that my country, and three counties round about me, should choose none but hearty Whigs.

意味（2）

(archaic) One of two strips of trim on either side of a cloak.

A cloak, half a yard shorter than the Breeches, not through lin'd, but fac'd as far as 'twas turned back, with a pair of frugal butter-hams.

意味（3）

(North Yorkshire) a person who is overly ostentatious in their dress or actions.

butter-hams （ plural ）