Butty

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A comrade, chum, or partner.
  • noun. Specifically, in English coal-mining, one who takes a contract, or is a partner in a contract, for working out a certain area of coal.
  • noun. In archery, one of a pair of archers who shoot together at a target: as, when the leader has shot his first arrow his butty takes his place.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
  • noun. A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
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  • noun. a sandwich
  • Word Usage
    "Sometimes you want something complicated like the ones in previous posts, sometimes a chip butty is the only thing you want."
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    sanger  sango  sarnie  
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    sandwich  
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