contrayvance for the buttah.

08:58 Nov 21, 2014
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English to Persian (Farsi) translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: contrayvance for the buttah.
she had such a dainty little contrayvance for the buttah. in katherine mansfield's story.
R_Esmaili
Iran


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5 +1اختراع (فکر بکر/طرح/دستگاه)ی برای کره
Ali Fazel


  

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contrayvance for the buttah--->contrivance for the butter
اختراع (فکر بکر/طرح/دستگاه)ی برای کره


Explanation:
Actually, the word is "contrivance"
The person in the story speaks informal (?) English.
silvah: silver
gayme: game
tayny: tiny
buttah: butter...
follow the second reference to find the story.



    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/contrivance
    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=DOMYSDce8J4C&pg=PA38&lpg=PA...
Ali Fazel
Iran
Local time: 18:11
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 12

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