buttlev.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtl/, U.S.

/ˈbədl/

Forms: 1800s– buttle, 1900s– butle.

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: butler n.

Etymology: Back-formation < butler n., apprehended as an agent noun in -er suffix¹. Compare earlier butler v.

a. transitive. English regional (northern). To pour out (a drink). Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1853 Huddersfield Chron. & W. Yorks. Advertiser 3 Dec. 5/4 The defendant found himself drunk and was ‘buttling’ out a piggin of ale.

1875 E. Waugh Old Cronies iii. 34 ‘Buttle out, free!’ cried Giles to the servants.

b. transitive. English regional (northern). To serve round (drinks).

ΚΠ

1867 B. Brierley Marlocks of Merriton 5 When cans chinked at the well, and the broad village green ‘buttled’ round its cheap delights, in pitchers of ‘home-brewed’.

1891 Manch. Times 18 Sept. While the ale was being ‘buttled’ round.

2. intransitive. To do a butler's work. humorous.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > be in domestic service [verb (intransitive)] > do duties of butler

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1901 G. Ade 40 Mod. Fables 204 The Family..engaged an Englishman with a petrified Face to Buttle for them.

1915 E. C. Carpenter Cinderella-man ii. 44 His real business in life is butling and janitoring for the Great She-Bear.

1918 Mrs. H. Ward War & Elizabeth iii. 57 The under-housemaid ‘buttles’ for him like a lamb.

1923 F. H. Kitchin Divers. Dawson 292 Nobody could buttle like James who had not been born in a pantry and taken pap out of silver spoons.

1954 R. Fuller Fantasy & Fugue iv. 91 He valeted him as well as buttled.

2016 Times 3 Feb. 9 Stevens buttled for Lord Darlington, a pro-appeasement Nazi dupe.

Derivatives

buttling n. (also butling) the fact or practice of working as a butler, a butler's work; cf. butlering n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > butler > office or action of

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1918 P. G. Wodehouse Piccadilly Jim xix. 185 How on earth did you come to be here? What's the idea? Why the buttling?

1945 A. L. Rowse West-Country Stories 37 The baronet did his own butling.

1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race x. 177 Petite was there, dressed in his butling clothes.

2007 Independent 15 Oct. (Extra section) 3/2 In the last 10 years, however, ‘buttling’ has been reinvented to accommodate many activities.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	buttle
释义	buttlev. Brit. /ˈbʌtl/, U.S. /ˈbədl/ Forms: 1800s– buttle, 1900s– butle. Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: butler n. Etymology: Back-formation < butler n., apprehended as an agent noun in -er suffix¹. Compare earlier butler v. 1. a. transitive. English regional (northern). To pour out (a drink). Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1853 Huddersfield Chron. & W. Yorks. Advertiser 3 Dec. 5/4 The defendant found himself drunk and was ‘buttling’ out a piggin of ale. 1875 E. Waugh Old Cronies iii. 34 ‘Buttle out, free!’ cried Giles to the servants. b. transitive. English regional (northern). To serve round (drinks). ΚΠ 1867 B. Brierley Marlocks of Merriton 5 When cans chinked at the well, and the broad village green ‘buttled’ round its cheap delights, in pitchers of ‘home-brewed’. 1891 Manch. Times 18 Sept. While the ale was being ‘buttled’ round. 2. intransitive. To do a butler's work. humorous. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > be in domestic service [verb (intransitive)] > do duties of butler butlera1739 buttle1901 1901 G. Ade 40 Mod. Fables 204 The Family..engaged an Englishman with a petrified Face to Buttle for them. 1915 E. C. Carpenter Cinderella-man ii. 44 His real business in life is butling and janitoring for the Great She-Bear. 1918 Mrs. H. Ward War & Elizabeth iii. 57 The under-housemaid ‘buttles’ for him like a lamb. 1923 F. H. Kitchin Divers. Dawson 292 Nobody could buttle like James who had not been born in a pantry and taken pap out of silver spoons. 1954 R. Fuller Fantasy & Fugue iv. 91 He valeted him as well as buttled. 2016 Times 3 Feb. 9 Stevens buttled for Lord Darlington, a pro-appeasement Nazi dupe. Derivatives buttling n. (also butling) the fact or practice of working as a butler, a butler's work; cf. butlering n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > butler > office or action of butlership1462 butleringa1739 buttling1918 1918 P. G. Wodehouse Piccadilly Jim xix. 185 How on earth did you come to be here? What's the idea? Why the buttling? 1945 A. L. Rowse West-Country Stories 37 The baronet did his own butling. 1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race x. 177 Petite was there, dressed in his butling clothes. 2007 Independent 15 Oct. (Extra section) 3/2 In the last 10 years, however, ‘buttling’ has been reinvented to accommodate many activities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1853
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