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  • noun Plural form of butty.
  • noun Plural form of buttie.

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Examples

  • So he has enough "butties" for his whole sick crew.

    Liverpool Lib Dems: Disgraced Storey as Mayor? 2008

  • A rally in Leeds meant a succulent feast: 'butties' comprising lashings of ham overhanging the sides of soft bread, washed down by a glass of milk from a stall in the market place.

    Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

  • Just as in the East Midlands the frame-work knitters worked for middlemen or master middlemen, and just as the Dudley nailers worked for petty-foggers and market-foggers, so too the Staffordshire miners worked for 'butties'.

    Recent Developments in European Thought Various

  • The disappearance of old abuses, of "butties" and "tommy-shops"; the greater care for life; the accident laws; the inspectors.

    Sir George Tressady — Volume I Humphry Ward 1885

  • Bagh block prints in vegetable dyes from Gwalior with the motifs taken from cave paintings, as well as traditional 'butties' and 'amris' add t another dramatic touch.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • Food includes cheese scones and sausage butties at breakfast, wholesome soups, sandwiches made using good breads from local baker, the Breadwinner, and decent homemade cakes.

    Norwich's 10 best budget eats 2011

  • Moreover, it serves decent coffee – rich, winey espressos, magnificently creamy cappuccinos – good bacon butties at breakfast, great homemade cakes Friday's limited-edition brownies fly out of the door, and interesting panini, such as its "Pablo", filled with chorizo, olives, red pesto and cream cheese.

    Swansea's top 10 budget eats 2011

  • Operational = butties and a flask after ‘tactical command’ discover the wheels have fallen off the mobile canteen.

    Satisfied? Confident? You Will Be…… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Mr Uhdd is somewhere between here and Brighton, on the train, with a flask, a bale of butties and a copy of ‘Perverting the Course of Justice’.

    Two Million Visits To Police Inspector Blog « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • We have this with bacon butties or sausage sandwiches.

    Chef Marcus Wareing Caters to His Children Tara Loader Wilkinson 2011

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