Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In English coal-mining, the head man of a butty-gang. See butty.

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  • a butty-collier, nor why, having caught a man in her sweet toils, she could ever be imbecile enough to set him free.

    The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett 1899

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