butties
Because it is a word with a single syllable, butties is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofbutties
- A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
Example: "Let's have a bacon butty!"
- Friend.
- A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.
- A workmate.
- (among boys) A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.
Example: "Ah didn't play butty, ah promise yer. Yo all on yer mek the poor lad yer butty."
- One of a pair of shoes or gloves.
Example: "I've fund one shoe, but canna see the butty no-weer."
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