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The correct spelling is butty.
How to pronounce butty
/ˈbʊti/
nounIPA: /ˈbʊti/
Say it like: But-tee
The correct spelling is butty. 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.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
- 2.Friend.
- 3.A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
- 4.A workmate.
- 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.
verb
- 1.To work together; to keep company with.
- 2.To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.
- 3.To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.
adjective
- 1.Resembling a heavy cart.
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