"butter the cony" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: butters the cony [present, singular, third-person], buttering the cony [participle, present], buttered the cony [participle, past], buttered the cony [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|butters the cony|buttering the cony|buttered the cony|buttered the cony}} butter the cony (third-person singular simple present butters the cony, present participle buttering the cony, simple past and past participle buttered the cony)
  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, rare) To take advantage of an unmissable opportunity. Tags: idiomatic, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-butter_the_cony-en-verb-ioMVOzQR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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