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View synonyms for buttinsky

buttinsky

or butt·in·ski

[ buht-in-skee ]

noun

, Slang.
, plural butt·in·skies.
  1. a person who interferes in the affairs of others; meddler.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of buttinsky1

1900–05, Amer.; butt in intrude + -sky, extracted from Slavic surnames

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Example Sentences

Buttinsky the bounder was interviewed and the early coach took the objectionable one away forever.

Denver looked out after him and there, puffing up the slope, came Professor Diffenderfer, the eminent buttinsky and geologist.

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