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but·ty
(bŭt′ē)n. pl. but·ties Chiefly British Informal
A sandwich.
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butty
(ˈbʌtɪ)n, pl -ties
(Cookery) chiefly dialect Northern English a sandwich: a jam butty.
[C19: from buttered (bread)]
butty
(ˈbʌtɪ)n, pl -ties
dialect English (esp in mining parlance) a friend or workmate
[C19: perhaps from obsolete booty sharing, from boot2, later applied to a middleman in a mine]
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but•ty
(ˈbʌt i)n., pl. -ties.
Brit. a fellow worker or friend.
[1780–90; orig. obscure]
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| Noun | 1. | butty - a sandwich; "a bacon butty" sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
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butty
[ˈbʌti] n (British) (= sandwich) → casse-dalle mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
butty
n (esp N Engl inf) → Stulle f (dial)
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