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buttie

The correct spelling is buttie.

How to pronounce buttie

noun

Say it like: But-tee

The correct spelling is buttie. A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg. For example: "Let's have a bacon butty!"

Usage Examples

Let's have a bacon butty!

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

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

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
  2. 2.Friend.
  3. 3.A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
  4. 4.A workmate.
  5. 5.(among boys) A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.

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