butty
noun
[ ˈbʌti ]
• a filled or open sandwich.
• "a bacon butty"
Origin:
mid 19th century: from butter + -y2.
butty
noun
• (among miners) a friend or workmate.
• a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.
• an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.
Origin:
late 18th century: probably from booty1 in the phrase play booty ‘join in sharing plunder’.
