butter and eggs
n.— «Clara K. Click, 40, of 117 Lincoln street, was arrested when lottery books, used to play the butter and eggs, were discovered in her home.» —“Lottery Raids Pay Dividencs” by L.F. Amburn, Jr. Statesville Daily Record (N.C.) Mar. 19, 1954. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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