单词 | butty |
释义 | butty1/ˈbʌti /(also buttie) noun (plural butties) informal, chiefly Northern English A filled or open sandwich: a bacon butty...
OriginMid 19th century: from butter + -y2. Rhymesbutty2/ˈbʌti /noun (plural butties) British 1 informal (Among miners) a friend or workmate.I was given into the care of a mentor or, as the miners say, a butty....
2 historical A middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.Originally coal was mined on a 'butty' system where a butty was a middleman between a gang of half a dozen workers and the proprietors, the miners being paid a fixed rate per ton....
3 (also butty boat) An unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.On the right is the butty boat with its large wooden rudder and canine crew, on the left is the motor....
OriginLate 18th century: probably from booty1 in the phrase play booty 'join in sharing plunder'. |
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