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Definition butty

Etymology 1

Shortened from buttered sandwich or bun +‎ -y.

Noun

butty (plural butties)

1. (Britain, chiefly Northern England, New Zealand) A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.

Etymology 2

Possibly from booty

Noun

butty (plural butties)

1. (colloquial, Britain, now chiefly Wales and West Country) Friend.
2. (mining) A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
3. A workmate.
4. (archaic, Britain dialectal, among boys) A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.
5. (archaic, Shropshire) One of a pair of shoes or gloves.

Verb

butty (third-person singular simple present butties, present participle buttying, simple past and past participle buttied)

1. (archaic, Britain dialectal) To work together; to keep company with.
2. (archaic, Shropshire) To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.
3. (archaic, Yorkshire) To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.

Etymology 3

butt (“type of cart”) +‎ -y

Adjective

butty (comparative more butty, superlative most butty)

1. (dated, Ireland and West Country) Resembling a heavy cart.

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