Bread-and-butter-model
Naval Architecture. a wooden hull model carved from a number of horizontal planks glued together to represent the outlines of the various decks.
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an unpeeled slice of cucumber marinated in salt water and boiled with vinegar, celery seed, spices, and brown sugar.
- Bread-and-circuses
something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance. Note: “Bread and circuses” has become a convenient general term for government policies that seek short-term solutions to public unrest.
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a basket or similar container for bread or rolls. an agricultural area that provides large amounts of food, especially grain, to other areas. Slang. a person’s stomach or abdomen. of, relating to, or characteristic of a geographical breadbasket: Iowa is a breadbasket state. Contemporary Examples Mother Nature’s Nuclear Strike John Kerry July 7, 2009 ‘Game […]
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a slab of wood on which dough is kneaded and bread is sliced. Electronics. a circuit assembled on an insulating surface, often with solderless contacts, in which components can easily be replaced for circuit alteration and experimentation. Electronics. to construct (an experimental circuit) for the purpose of feasibility tests. Contemporary Examples Nail Polish Is the […]