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buttle /ˈbʌt(ə)l /verb [no object] humorousWork as a butler: there is no one today worth buttling for...- 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.
- 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.
OriginMid 19th century: back-formation from butler. Rhymescuttle, rebuttal, scuttle, shuttle, subtle, surrebuttal |