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buttie

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noun

  1. A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.“Let's have a bacon butty!”

noun

  1. Friend.
  2. A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
  3. A workmate.
  4. (among boys) 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.”

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