Butty
a slice of bread and butter.
a sandwich.
a fellow worker or friend, especially in a coal mine.
Historical Examples
The Slang Dictionary John Camden Hotten
Taking Tales W.H.G. Kingston
The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 C. F. G. Clark
Derrick Sterling Kirk Monroe
A Bed of Roses W. L. George
Recent Developments in European Thought Various
Sons and Lovers David Herbert Lawrence
Recent Developments in European Thought Various
Down the Slope James Otis
Recent Developments in European Thought Various
noun (pl) -ties
(mainly Northern English, dialect) a sandwich: a jam butty
noun (pl) -ties
(English, dialect) (esp in mining parlance) a friend or workmate
n.
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