butty

1. (colloquial, UK, now chiefly Wales and West Country) A friend.Synonyms: chumUKWalesWest-Countrycolloquial

2. (mining) A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.Examples: "But Alfred Charlesworth did not forgive the butty these public-house sayings. Consequently, although Morel was a good miner, sometimes earning as much as five pounds a week when he married, [...]"

3. (colloquial, UK) A workmate.Synonyms: colleague, partner, workmate, workfellowUKcolloquial

4. (archaic, UK dialect, among boys) A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.Examples: "Ah didn't play butty, ah promise yer. Yo all on yer mek the poor lad yer butty."UKarchaicdialectal

5. (archaic, Shropshire) One of a pair of shoes or gloves.Examples: "I've fund one shoe, but canna see the butty no-weer."Shropshirearchaic

1. (archaic, UK dialect) To work together; to keep company with.Examples: "I butty with Jackson."UKarchaicdialectal

2. (archaic, Shropshire) To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple.Examples: "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."Synonyms: cohabit, live in sin, live over the brushShropshirearchaic

3. (archaic, Yorkshire) To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.Synonyms: con, trickYorkshirearchaic

1. (dated, Ireland and West Country) Resembling a heavy cart.Examples: "Shall it be a giggy thing, or a carty thing, or a butty thing?"IrelandWest-Countrydated