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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