butty

¹ American  

[buht-ee] / ˈbʌt i /

Or buttie

noun

British Dialect.

plural

butties

1. a slice of bread and butter.

2. a sandwich.

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butty ² American  

[buht-ee] / ˈbʌt i /

Or buttie

noun

British Dialect.

plural

butties

1. a fellow worker or friend, especially in a coal mine.

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butty ¹ British  

/ ˈbʌtɪ /

noun

1. dialect a sandwich

   a jam butty

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butty ² British  

/ ˈbʌtɪ /

noun

1. dialect (esp in mining parlance) a friend or workmate

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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

Parents can have a breakfast butty, along with hot drinks and cereal.

From BBC

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

Take crisp sarnies, coronation chicken sandwiches, or the humble chip butty.

From BBC

So let’s raise a glass, or a chip butty, in fond farewell.

From Los Angeles Times

He said when he told his wife she replied: "We'll go and have a bacon butty with that."

From BBC