Butter-box Definition

noun

(archaic, slang, UK) A derogatory name that British sailors gave the Dutch during the age of the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

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Origin of Butter-box

  • The idiom may have derived from the flag of Holland, which at the time had an orange stripe on top.

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