adj. phr. (colloquial).—Immature; spec. in contempt of young and shy girls: e.g., A BREAD-AND-BUTTER MISS.
1818. BYRON, Beppo, 39.
| The Nursery still lisps out in all they utter— | |
| Besides, they always smell of BREAD-AND-BUTTER. |
1837. A. TROLLOPE, Barchester Towers, xii. One was a middle-aged clergyman, and the other a lady at any rate past the wishy-washy BREAD-AND-BUTTER period of life.
NO BREAD AND BUTTER OF MINE, phr. (common).—No concern (or business) of mine (1764).
