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brandy butter

noun [U]
 
 

Definition

a sweet food made of sugar, butter, and brandy, served especially at Christmas in the UK and Ireland on Christmas pudding and mince piesSauces, dressings, dips and pickles
(Definition of brandy butter noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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