English Explanatory Dictionary

butty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
noun
  1. A friend.
  2. A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
  3. A workmate.
  4. A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.
  5. One of a pair of shoes or gloves.
verb
  1. To work together; to keep company with.
  2. To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.
  3. To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.
adj
  1. Resembling a heavy cart.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʊti/ /ˈbʌti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-butty.wav

Word forms

butty butties buttying buttied more butty most butty

Etymology

Clipping of buttered sandwich or bun + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian Buutje (“buttered bread (sandwich)”).

Synonyms

fam mate mucker butt chum colleague partner workmate workfellow cohabit live in sin live over the brush con trick

Related words

sanger sango sarnie

Derived words

bacon butty chip butty butty-brew butty collier butty-gang butty-lark butty-man butty-piece butty-shop do butty go butty play butty
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