butter-box

English

Etymology

The idiom may have derived from the flag of Holland, which at the time had an orange stripe on top.

Noun

butter-box (plural butter-boxes)

  1. (archaic, slang, derogatory, Britain) A Dutch person; used in the era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

References
  • Oxford Dictionary of nautical matters.
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