butty
To work together; to keep company withTo work together; to keep company with.
» They serve the best chip butties in town.
Вони пропонують найкращі бутерброди з картоплею фрі у місті. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
deniko · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
3 senses(UK, archaic, dialectal)To work together; to keep company with.
I butty with Jackson.
(Shropshire, archaic)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.
(Yorkshire, archaic)To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.
Examples
4 sentencesThey serve the best chip butties in town.
Вони пропонують найкращі бутерброди з картоплею фрі у місті. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom made a mouth-watering cheese butty for Mary.
Том зробив Мері апетитний бутерброд із сиром. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom had a delicious bacon butty for breakfast this morning.
Том вранці з'їв смачний бутер з беконом на сніданок. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
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
Origin
Unknown. Perhaps from booty.Unknown. Perhaps from booty.
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Forms
butties, buttying, buttied, buttiedSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.