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butty

Genuine UK workplace/shop term for sandwich

UK English term for a sandwich, particularly said from Birmingham upwards. The London equivalent would be "sarnie". Probably comes from the word butter.

"What've you got for your dinner?" "Cheese butties."

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butty in mining and extraction

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