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butty
CIDE DICTIONARY
butty, n.
One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
butty, n. (pl. -ies)
1 colloq. or dial. a mate; a companion.
2 hist. a middleman negotiating between a mine-owner and the miners.
3 a barge or other craft towed by another.
1 colloq. or dial. a mate; a companion.
2 hist. a middleman negotiating between a mine-owner and the miners.
3 a barge or other craft towed by another.
Idiom
butty-gang a gang of men contracted to work on a large job and sharing the profits equally.
butty, n. (pl. -ies) N.Engl.
1 a sandwich (bacon butty).
2 a slice of bread and butter.
1 a sandwich (bacon butty).
2 a slice of bread and butter.
Etymology
BUTTER + -Y(2)
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