butty
1 Americannoun
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butties
plural
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of butty1
First recorded in 1850–55; butt(er) + -y 2
Origin of butty2
First recorded in 1780–90; origin obscure
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Take crisp sarnies, coronation chicken sandwiches, or the humble chip butty.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
So let’s raise a glass, or a chip butty, in fond farewell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
He said when he told his wife she replied: "We'll go and have a bacon butty with that."
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
And "in some regions, it's called a butty."
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
"I passed him on my way home last night," Bill added, "and he warned me agin keepin' Sam as my butty."
From Down the Slope by James Otis
BBC Radio Wales would broadcast the festival live and a cannon would even fire bacon butties into the campsite in the mornings, or so he claimed.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
Shaun’s mum would make us corned beef and tomato butties.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2019
Outside, a burger van sent by an energy company is providing bacon butties to those on Greystone Road.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2015
Catering manager at the time, Carla Frediani, gave the butties the most ringing of endorsements: "If you cook bacon, the smell just gets to everyone. I'm a vegetarian but even I get tempted."
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2015
Eh, but I'll have a fine tale to tell when next I meet my butties on the Quay-side.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Louis Tracy
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