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English-Thai Dictionary

butty

N แซนด์วิช saen-wid

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUTTY

BUTTY But "ty, n. (Mining )

Defn: One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.

New American Oxford Dictionary

butty

butty 1 |ˈbʌti |(also buttie ) ▶noun ( pl. butties ) informal, chiefly N. English a filled or open sandwich: a bacon butty. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from butter + -y 2 .

butty

butty 2 |ˈbʌti | ▶noun ( pl. butties ) Brit. 1 informal (among miners ) a friend or workmate. 2 historical a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner. 3 (also butty boat ) an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: probably from booty 1 in the phrase play booty ‘join in sharing plunder ’.

Oxford Dictionary

butty

butty 1 |ˈbʌti |(also buttie ) ▶noun ( pl. butties ) informal, chiefly N. English a filled or open sandwich: a bacon butty. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from butter + -y 2 .

butty

butty 2 |ˈbʌti | ▶noun ( pl. butties ) Brit. 1 informal (among miners ) a friend or workmate. 2 historical a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner. 3 (also butty boat ) an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: probably from booty 1 in the phrase play booty ‘join in sharing plunder ’.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

butty

but ty /bʌ́ti /名詞複 -ties C ｟英｠1 ｟くだけて｠＝sandwich .2 ｟話｠仲間, 相棒 .3 採炭請負人 .