buttle
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of buttle
First recorded in 1865–70; back formation from butler
Example Sentences
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This summer, Currie — who has tawny hair and, often, a light tan — is planning to travel to various destinations in Europe to buttle at vacation houses.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
Such is the strange existence of live-in domestics, men and women hired to clean or buttle or nanny.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2013
Ise can buttle, ise a good yard man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Watching him buttle, John Barrymore once said: "You played that as if you came from a long line of butlers."
From Time Magazine Archive
And Josiah sez, "A coachman is to coach, and a waiter is to wait, and a butler must be to buttle."
From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Holley, Marietta
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