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As for the underbutler formerly known as Hissing Thomas, his martyrdom now seems virtually complete.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2016

Meanwhile, in other surprising developments, tenant farmers prove very nearly interchangeable; aristos turn out to be rather bad at child-minding; and an underbutler shows that he is, in his down time, a superbowler.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2016

Two housemaids, one hall boy, not a kitchen maid in sight, and who keeps an underbutler anymore?

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2016

They include the butler, the underbutler, the park keeper, the keeper of the stallions, the coachman, the housekeeper.

From Time Magazine Archive

The footmen, underbutler, porters, coachmen, grooms, stable-boys, gardeners, maids ate in a servants room.

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.