butty

noun

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Etymology: Etymology tree English butt English -y English butty From butt (“type of cart”) + -y.

Resembling a heavy cart.
“Shall it be a giggy thing, or a carty thing, or a butty thing?”

Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from booty.

A friend.
A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
“But Alfred Charlesworth did not forgive the butty these public-house sayings. Consequently, although Morel was a good miner, sometimes earning as much as five pounds a week when he married, [...]”
A workmate.
A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.
“Ah didn't play butty, ah promise yer. Yo all on yer mek the poor lad yer butty.”
One of a pair of shoes or gloves.
“I've fund one shoe, but canna see the butty no-weer.”

Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from booty.

To work together; to keep company with.
“I butty with Jackson.”
To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.
“Did'n'ee 'ear as Jim Tunkiss brought three children to the parish? I reckon 'e inna married, but 'e's bin buttyin' along o' one o' them Monsells.”
To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.