butty

1. (Ireland, New Zealand, Northern England, UK)A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.

   Let's have a bacon butty!

2. (UK, Wales, West Country, colloquial)A friend.

3. A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.

4. (dated)A miner's assistant or apprentice.

5. (UK, colloquial)A workmate.

   Near-synonyms: coworker, buddy

6. (UK, archaic, dialectal)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.

7. (Shropshire, archaic)One of a pair of shoes or gloves.

   I've fund one shoe, but canna see the butty no-weer.

1. They serve the best chip butties in town.

   Вони пропонують найкращі бутерброди з картоплею фрі у місті. — deniko

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2. Tom made a mouth-watering cheese butty for Mary.

   Том зробив Мері апетитний бутерброд із сиром. — deniko

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3. Tom had a delicious bacon butty for breakfast this morning.

   Том вранці з'їв смачний бутер з беконом на сніданок. — deniko

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4. A van parked halfway up the street is selling chip butties.

   deDie halbe Straße runter steht ein Lieferwagen, wo Butterbrote mit Pommes verkauft werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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