Definition of "butty" [but•ty]

• A sandwich, usually with a hot savoury filling in a breadcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg. (noun)
• A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore. (noun)

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• "Sometimes you want something complicated like the ones in previous posts, sometimes a chip butty is the only thing you want."
• "The butty was a contractor who engaged with the proprietor or lessee of the mine to deliver the coal or iron-stone at so much per ton, himself hiring the labourers, using his own horses, and supplying the tools requisite for the working of the mine."
• "Their advantage over the horse drawns, however, was their ability to tow several unpowered boats, known as butty boats."