Recent Examples on the WebMine was about four pounds and round as a butterball.—Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 14 Nov. 2021 Jackson shopped him, hoping to get Blake Griffin or Kevin Love, only to learn that no one would give up a star for a soon-to-turn-33-year-old butterball with a modest resume (three playoff series wins in 13 seaons) and a $24.6 million salary.—Mark Heisler, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2017 Lohuis rated each sheep's body condition on a five-point scale where zero was dead and five was as fat as a butterball.—Rick Sinnott, Alaska Dispatch News, 24 June 2017
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