bread and butter

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We started with a generous spread of complimentary bread and butter, fresh oysters, and escargot—my wife’s favorite, not mine, though the leftover sauce was perfect for dipping.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

These include the Patriot and Thaad systems, which along with other missiles and munitions are the defense companies’ bread and butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Further inflation would hurt economic demand, as well as banks’ bread and butter: loan volumes, corporate transaction volumes, and financial market activity.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

UCLA’s bread and butter on Saturday, though, were the many contested mid-range jump shots, which were made at an impressive clip, especially by Dent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

But naturally arising mutants—the bread and butter of fruit fly geneticists—were far too rare.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee