butty

1

or but·tie

[ buht-ee ]

noun,plural but·ties.British Dialect.
  1. a slice of bread and butter.

  2. a sandwich.

Origin of butty

1
First recorded in 1850–55; butt(er) + -y2

Words Nearby butty

Other definitions for butty (2 of 2)

butty2

or but·tie

[ buht-ee ]

noun,plural but·ties.British Dialect.
  1. a fellow worker or friend, especially in a coal mine.

Origin of butty

2
First recorded in 1780–90; origin obscure

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How to use butty in a sentence

  • She tried harder as she felt on her forearm the moist warmth of the ball of butty's thumb softly caressing it.

    A Bed of Roses | W. L. George
  • It was ten o'clock, but business had not begun, neither Mr Stein nor butty having arrived.

    A Bed of Roses | W. L. George
  • Bill Thomas, Joe Brace, and a butty are buried in a cutting the fools were makin' up there a piece.

    Down the Slope | James Otis
  • butty, a word used in the mining districts to denote a kind of overseer.

    The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
  • Nor have I been able to discover what is referred to by the words “Charles is a butty and so good.”

British Dictionary definitions for butty (1 of 2)

butty1

/ (ˈbʌtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. mainly Northern English dialect a sandwich: a jam butty

Origin of butty

1
C19: from buttered (bread)

British Dictionary definitions for butty (2 of 2)

butty2

/ (ˈbʌtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. English dialect (esp in mining parlance) a friend or workmate

Origin of butty

2
C19: perhaps from obsolete booty sharing, from boot ², later applied to a middleman in a mine

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