butty

¹

or but·tie

[ buht-ee ]

noun

, British Dialect.

, plural but·ties.

1. a slice of bread and butter.
2. a sandwich.

butty

²

or but·tie

[ buht-ee ]

noun

, British Dialect.

, plural but·ties.

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

butty

¹

/ ˈbʌtɪ /

noun

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

butty

²

/ ˈbʌtɪ /

noun

1. dialect.
   a sandwich

   a jam butty

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

Origin of butty²

C19: from buttered ( bread )

Example Sentences

She tried harder as she felt on her forearm the moist warmth of the ball of Butty's thumb softly caressing it.

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It was ten o'clock, but business had not begun, neither Mr Stein nor Butty having arrived.

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Bill Thomas, Joe Brace, and a butty are buried in a cutting the fools were makin' up there a piece.

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Butty, a word used in the mining districts to denote a kind of overseer.

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Nor have I been able to discover what is referred to by the words “Charles is a butty and so good.”

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