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adj
Resembling a heavy cart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, West-Country, dated
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, New-Zealand, Northern-England, UK
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noun
A friend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, Wales, West-Country, colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: butt
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
A workmate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, colloquial
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noun
A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal
Qualifier: among boys
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noun
One of a pair of shoes or gloves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Shropshire, archaic
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verb
To work together; to keep company with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal
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verb
To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Shropshire, archaic
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verb
To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Yorkshire, archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
a sandwich
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sandwich
History
From butt (“type of cart”) + -y.
Clipping of buttered sandwich or bun + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian Buutje (“buttered bread (sandwich)”).
Unknown. Perhaps from booty.
