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buttyman

Meaning of "buttyman" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUTTYMAN

ˈbʌtɪˌmæn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUTTYMAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Buttyman is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUTTYMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of buttyman in the English dictionary

The definition of buttyman in the dictionary is offensive term for a homosexual.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUTTYMAN

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUTTYMAN

buttonbush · buttoned up · buttoned-down · buttoner · buttonhold · buttonhole · buttonhole stitch · buttonholer · buttonhook · buttonless · buttonmould · buttons · buttonwood · buttress · buttress root · buttress thread · butts · buttstock · butty

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUTTYMAN

assemblyman · bayman · Berryman · boogeyman · cayman · clergyman · countryman · fellow countryman · flyman · infantryman · journeyman · layman · moneyman · nurseryman · Nyman · railwayman · shantyman · skyman · Stayman · toyman

Synonyms and antonyms of buttyman in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «buttyman» into 25 languages

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1,325 millions of speakers
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570 millions of speakers
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buttyman
510 millions of speakers
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buttyman
380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers
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278 millions of speakers
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270 millions of speakers
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buttyman
260 millions of speakers
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220 millions of speakers
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Buttyman
190 millions of speakers
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buttyman
180 millions of speakers
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130 millions of speakers
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buttyman
85 millions of speakers
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Buttyman
85 millions of speakers
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buttyman
80 millions of speakers
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buttyman
75 millions of speakers
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वेटरमॅन
75 millions of speakers
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buttyman
70 millions of speakers
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buttyman
65 millions of speakers
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buttyman
50 millions of speakers
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40 millions of speakers
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30 millions of speakers
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buttyman
14 millions of speakers
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buttyman
10 millions of speakers
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buttyman
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about buttyman

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTTYMAN»

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The world on our backs: the Kent miners and the 1972 miners' ...
Either in cooperation with management, or through the sheer physical strength and intellectual capacity of the individual, a miner became gang leader, the buttyman, and collected all the money due to the team. He alone decided how much ...
Malcolm Pitt, 1979
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Labour History Review
... 'the survival of notions of customary right [had] a radicalising influence which went beyond the tea- meeting temporising of the buttyman's union'. Similarly Merfyn Jones' book places the struggles of the North Wales Quarrymen's Union within ...
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Bulletin - Society for the Study of Labour History
On the other hand, if pressed, a deputy, representing the manager, could force a buttyman to take on men from the market, that is, men who did not have a regular place of work in the pit. The ratio of buttymen to ordinary workers varied from ...
Society for the Study of Labour History, 1977
4
The employment relationship in Anglo-American law: a ...
101 The first adjudication of this provision also involved a miner, but this time a so-called buttyman who paid drawers and others out of his gross piece wages. Again, the manager controlled the works, was empowered to dismiss anyone, and ...
Marc Linder, 1989
5
Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850
Contractors then subcontracted the workandat the baseof the managerialstructure wasthe'buttyman' or 'ganger'whodidlimited tasks like removing an agreed amount of waggonloadsof earthfrom acutting.Somebutty men were specialists in ...
Richard Brown, 2002
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Wharton's Pocket Law Dictionary
Butty, a local term in the North for the associate or deputy of another, chiefly used in connection with mines, where the 'buttyman undertakes, with a gang of men selected by himself, to perform a particular piece of work; also of things used in ...
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Wharton's concise dictionary
139 By that act Butty, a local term in the North for the associate or deputy of another, chiefly used in connection with mines, where the 'buttyman undertakes, with a gang of men selected by himself, to perform a particular piece of work; also of ...
Ar Lakshmanan, John Jane Smith Wharton, 2009
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English Language Word Builder
... HIDDENLY LATENTLY LOUCHELY MOLTENLY ODIOUSLY PEDATELY RAMOSELY RUGOSELY SECANTLY SOVRANLY THRAWNLY UNCOMELY UNMEETLY VENOUSLY WITTOLLY BANKSMAN BOATSMAN BUTTYMAN CLANSMAN ...
Bob Jackman, 2012
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The Law Reports: House of Lords and Judicial Committee of ...
Comm“ Sir Robert Finlay, K.C'., and Leslie Scott, K.C. (with them T. E. LIMITED. —- Ellison), for the respondents. Under the butty system the buttyman is in the nature of a contractor. Rule 3, which must be read as part of the contract of service, ...
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Law Reporter
In that case the defendants were the owners of a coal mine, which was worked under the " butty " system, by which the " buttyman " contracted with the owners to get coal at so much a ton, and for that purpose employed men to do the work.

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTTYMAN»

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Soon just breathing will be considered "sexist"
... boardman, boatsman, bogeyman, bondsman, boogyman, bothyman, brakeman, brideman, brinkman, buttyman, chainman, chairman, ... «RenewAmerica, Apr 13»
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