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butler ['bʌtlə(r)]maître m d'hôtel, majordome m;∎ butler's pantry office fⓘ What the butler saw A l'origine cette formule ("ce que vit le majordome") figurait sur les visionneuses à pièces installées dans les stations balnéaires anglaises et invitait le spectateur à jouer au voyeur en lui promettant des scènes osées. L'auteur dramatique Joe Orton fit de cette phrase le titre d'une de ses pièces dans les années 60. Cette expression évoque le refoulement sexuel associé à l'époque victorienne, mais s'utilise également pour décrire une situation dans laquelle quelqu'un assiste à une scène intime à l'insu des participants ou bien a accès à des informations censées être confidentielles. -
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butler's pantry — n. a serving pantry between the kitchen and the dining room … English World dictionary
butler's pantry — noun : a pantry for the use of a butler : a service room between kitchen and dining room … Useful english dictionary
butler's pantry — noun Date: 1757 a service room between kitchen and dining room … New Collegiate Dictionary
butler's pantry — a service room between a kitchen and dining room, typically equipped with counters, a sink, and storage space for china and silver. [1810 20] * * * … Universalium
butler's pantry — but′ler s pan try n. archit. a service room between a kitchen and dining room • Etymology: 1810–20 … From formal English to slang
butler's pantry — /bʌtləz ˈpæntri/ (say butluhz pantree) noun a room between a kitchen and a dining room arranged for the storage of china and silverware and containing a sink …
Pantry — A pantry is a room where food, provisions or dishes are stored and served in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen. The derivation of the word is from the same source as the Old French term paneterie ; that is from pain , the French form of the… … Wikipedia
butler — [but′lər] n. [ME boteler < OFr bouteillier, cupbearer < bouteille,BOTTLE1] a manservant, now usually the head servant of a household, in charge of wines, pantry, table silver, etc … English World dictionary
Butler — This famous aristocratic surname is of Norman French origins, and is one of the very few to be accepted as being pre 1066 in origin and recording, and even rarer still to be recorded in France itself. It is in a sense job descriptive, deriving… … Surnames reference
butler'spantry — but·ler s pantry (bŭtʹlərz) n. A serving and storage room between a kitchen and dining room. * * * … Universalium
butler — The head of the servants in a household; the man in charge of the pantry and wine cellar. See botiler of the king … Ballentine's law dictionary