butty
1 Americannoun
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butties
plural
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of butty1
First recorded in 1850–55; butt(er) + -y 2
Origin of butty2
First recorded in 1780–90; origin obscure
Example Sentences
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So let’s raise a glass, or a chip butty, in fond farewell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
He said when he told his wife she replied: "We'll go and have a bacon butty with that."
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
And "in some regions, it's called a butty."
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
"In terms of the lyrics, I think it sums up Sheffield quite well; everyone loves a greasy chip butty, everybody loves a night out in Sheffield."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2020
Diggs, the butty of the novel, is Banks, the coal proprietor of the Report.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
BBC Radio Wales would broadcast the festival live and a cannon would even fire bacon butties into the campsite in the mornings, or so he claimed.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
Shaun’s mum would make us corned beef and tomato butties.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2019
Catering manager at the time, Carla Frediani, gave the butties the most ringing of endorsements: "If you cook bacon, the smell just gets to everyone. I'm a vegetarian but even I get tempted."
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2015
They involve cows, goats, coconuts and bacon butties.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2015
"The butties won't have it, I know," she said.
From Aaron's Rod by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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