butty

¹

Or but·tie

[buht-ee]

noun

British Dialect.

plural

butties 

1. a slice of bread and butter.

2. a sandwich.

butty

²

Or but·tie

[buht-ee]

noun

British Dialect.

plural

butties 

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

butty

¹

/ ˈbʌtɪ /

noun

1. dialect,  a sandwich

   a jam butty

butty

²

/ ˈbʌtɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of butty¹

First recorded in 1850–55; butt(er) + -y ²

Origin of butty²

First recorded in 1780–90; origin obscure

Word History and Origins

Origin of butty¹

C19: from buttered ( bread )

Origin of butty²

C19: perhaps from obsolete booty sharing, from _boot ², later applied to a middleman in a mine

Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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

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The inquest jury was told that on the day of her death, Mrs Thain had started choking on a chip butty.

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