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BUTTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butty mean? 

BUTTY (noun)
  The noun BUTTY has 1 sense:

1. a sandwichplay

  Familiarity information: BUTTY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUTTY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sandwich

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Context example:

a bacon butty

Hypernyms ("butty" is a kind of...):

sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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