"butter-box" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-butter-box.ogg [Australia] Forms: butter-boxes [plural]
Etymology: The idiom may have derived from the flag of Holland, which at the time had an orange stripe on top. Head templates: {{en-noun}} butter-box (plural butter-boxes)
  1. (archaic, slang, derogatory, British) A Dutch person; used in the era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Tags: British, archaic, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-butter-box-en-noun-6p3dZXjb Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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