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单词 buttle
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Definition of buttle in English:

buttle

verbˈbʌt(ə)lˈbədl
[no object]humorous
  • Work as a butler.

    there is no one today worth buttling for
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I know all about butlers and the fine art of buttling.
    • When she conducts an ad hoc job interview on Powell, she asks him ‘Do you buttle?’
    • A butler for 25 years and head of butling at London's Lanesborough Hotel for the past nine, Davoren is author of Manners from Heaven, a little book of dos and don'ts to guide your children through the vagaries of contemporary table manners.
    • We got used to having our butler, Kathy, press our clothes and bring us poolside drinks, and wondered how we had ever lived without being buttled.

Origin

Mid 19th century: back-formation from butler.

Rhymes

cuttle, rebuttal, scuttle, shuttle, subtle, surrebuttal
 
 

Definition of buttle in US English:

buttle

verbˈbədl
[no object]humorous
  • Work as a butler.

    there is no one today worth buttling for
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A butler for 25 years and head of butling at London's Lanesborough Hotel for the past nine, Davoren is author of Manners from Heaven, a little book of dos and don'ts to guide your children through the vagaries of contemporary table manners.
    • When she conducts an ad hoc job interview on Powell, she asks him ‘Do you buttle?’
    • I know all about butlers and the fine art of buttling.
    • We got used to having our butler, Kathy, press our clothes and bring us poolside drinks, and wondered how we had ever lived without being buttled.

Origin

Mid 19th century: back-formation from butler.

 
 
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