Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Buttercup
subs. (common).—An endearment: of children.
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1877. E. L. LINTON, The World Well Lost, vii. Hilda was still in the schoolroom, and seldom appeared, even at afternoon tea; which in general is licensed to include ‘BUTTERCUPS.’
