butty

Meaning

Noun

A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.

Verb

1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) To work together; to keep company with.
2. (Shropshire, archaic) To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.
3. (Yorkshire, archaic) To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.

Adj

Resembling a heavy cart.

Synonyms

club sandwich

companion

chum

partner

salt pork

pancetta

mate

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Translations

bocadillo

ανθρακωρύχος

μαούνα

Kumpel

καπνιστό χοιρινό

brifton

Speck

🥓

μπέικον

lard

🥓

lardon

sandwich

🥪

bacon

🥓

Schinkenspeck

casse-dalle

cansalada

🥓

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʊti/

Etymology

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Buutje

In summary

Clipping of buttered sandwich or bun + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian Buutje (“buttered bread (sandwich)”).