"school-butter" meaning in English

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Interjection

  1. (obsolete) A taunt used in the American South to call schoolboys out of school to fight. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-school-butter-en-intj-jY1P9uvf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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