butty
1 Americannoun
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
The inquest jury was told that on the day of her death, Mrs Thain had started choking on a chip butty.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
Ireland’s crisp/chip butty: Serve Irish potato crisps or chips between two slices of buttered white bread.
From BBC ● May 10, 2023
And "in some regions, it's called a butty."
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
"It's Bill Thomas' butty," one of the party said in surprise.
From Down the Slope by Otis, James
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
Outside, a burger van sent by an energy company is providing bacon butties to those on Greystone Road.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2015
They involve cows, goats, coconuts and bacon butties.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2015
The bunting was up in the town centre, and pubs and hotels along the promenade were advertising bacon butties and vantage points to watch the relay.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
In the district north and east of Dudley, the butties got their 'charter price' from the coal-owners in the form of tickets on the coal-owners' truck-shop.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
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