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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bread and butter
 
NOUN:1. Means of support; livelihood. 2. The essential sustaining element or elements; the mainstay: “As ever, politics, vulgarity and sentimentality were the bread and butter of the Academy Awards” (David Ansen).
 
 
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  bread bread-and-butter  
 
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