Usually means: Basic, essential source of income.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word bread-and-butter:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. bread-and-butter: Merriam-Webster
  2. bread-and-butter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. bread-and-butter, bread-and-butter: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bread-and-butter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. bread-and-butter: Wiktionary
  6. bread-and-butter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. bread-and-butter: Dictionary.com
  8. bread-and-butter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. bread-and-butter: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bread-and-butter: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bread-and-butter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Relating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living.
adjective:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bread, and, butter.

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