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† ˈsack-butt Obs.
[f. sack n.3 + butt n.2]
A butt of sack.
1600Heywood 2nd Pt. Edw. IV, Wks. 1874 I. 93 Will no man thrust the staue into a sack-but? 1623Markham Eng. Housew. ii. 149 The depth of euery Sack-Butt is the foure pricks next to the puncheon. 1657Trapp Comm. Ezra ix. 6 But he is past grace that is past shame, and can blush no more then a sackbut.
punningly.1623–4Middleton & Rowley Sp. Gipsy ii. i, Al... You must not look to have your Dinner serv'd in with Trumpets. Cor. No, no, Sackbuts shall serve us. 1623Fletcher Rule a Wife v. v, I' th' celler..He will make dainty musick among the sack-butts. |