~ 1
(also buttie )
■ noun ( plural butties ) informal, chiefly N. English a sandwich.
Origin
C19: from butter + -y 2 .
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~ 2
■ noun ( plural butties ) Brit.
1》 informal (among miners) a friend or workmate.
2》 historical a middleman negotiating between the miners and mine owner.
3》 (also ~ boat ) an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.
Origin
C18: prob. from booty 1 in the phr. play booty 'join in sharing plunder'.