subaltern's butter
(also subalterns' butter) now historical
noun
The avocado, formerly used as a substitute for butter; also called midshipman's butter.
Origin
Early 19th century.
- ex-service
- ex-serviceman
- ex-servicewoman
- ex silentio
- exsolution
- exsolve
- exsufflation
- ext.
- extant
- extemporaneous
- extemporaneously
- extemporaneousness
- extemporarily
- extemporariness
- extemporary
- extempore
- extemporise
- extemporization
- extemporize
- extend
- extendability
- extendable
- extended
- extended family
- extended-play