"butter-and-egg man" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-butter-and-egg man.ogg [Australia] Forms: butter-and-egg men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|butter-and-egg men}} butter-and-egg man (plural butter-and-egg men)
  1. (US slang, dated) A prosperous dairy farmer (or other wealthy rural citizen), seen as coming into the big city and ostentatiously living it up. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-butter-and-egg_man-en-noun-s4h3VXYd Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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