Butties

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.

"Let's have a bacon butty!"

2.nounFriend.

3.nounA miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.

4.nounA workmate.

5.noun(among boys) A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.

"Ah didn't play butty, ah promise yer. Yo all on yer mek the poor lad yer butty."

6.nounOne of a pair of shoes or gloves.

"I've fund one shoe, but canna see the butty no-weer."

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