butty1
(also buttie)
¦ noun (plural butties) informal, chiefly N. English a sandwich.
Origin
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butty2
¦ noun (plural butties) Brit.
1. informal (among miners) a friend or workmate.
2. historical a middleman negotiating between the miners and mine owner.
3. (also butty boat) an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.
Origin
C18: prob. from
booty1 in the phr.
play booty 'join in sharing plunder'.