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
Watching him buttle, John Barrymore once said: "You played that as if you came from a long line of butlers."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ise can buttle, ise a good yard man.
From Time Magazine Archive
He liked the food, he liked seeing his father buttle, and he liked these amazing freaks who were, it appeared, fellow-inmates with him of this highly desirable residence.
From Piccadilly Jim by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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