English Dictionary

butty

名詞

イギリス英語 ウェールズ英語 ウェスト・カントリー方言 口語 古語 方言 シュロップシャー方言

(colloquial, UK, now chiefly Wales and West Country) Friend. / (mining) A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore. / A workmate.

日本語の意味

友人、仲間（英国方言において口語的に用いられる意味） / 同僚、労働仲間（口語的表現） / （鉱山関係の用語）定額契約で働く鉱夫

I ran into my butty at the festival and we spent the afternoon catching up.

祭りで昔の友達にばったり会い、午後はずっと近況を話して過ごしました。

意味（1）

(colloquial, UK, now chiefly Wales and West Country) Friend.

意味（2）

(mining) A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore.

But Alfred Charlesworth did not forgive the butty these public-house sayings. Consequently, although Morel was a good miner, sometimes earning as much as five pounds a week when he married, …

意味（3）

A workmate.

意味（4）

(archaic, UK dialect, among boys) A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else.

Ah didn't play butty, ah promise yer. Yo all on yer mek the poor lad yer butty.

意味（5）

(archaic, Shropshire) One of a pair of shoes or gloves.

I've fund one shoe, but canna see the butty no-weer.

butties （ plural ）