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butty-lark
ˈbutty-lark dial. [f. butty1 1 + lark.] The tit-lark; see quot.1865 Cornh. Mag. July 36 In the South the tit-lark is known as the ‘butty-lark’, or companion lark, because the cuckoo so frequently lays its eggs in that bird's nest. Oxford English Dictionary
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butty
▪ I. butty1 dial. (ˈbʌtɪ) [In sense 1 perh. a corruption of booty a. It is not clear whether sense 2 is the same word, but its identity seems not improbable; cf. similar use of gaffer.] 1. A confederate, companion, ‘mate’.[1802 J. Wilson (Congleton) MS. Let. 17 Apr. to J. Boucher, Butty, going Halve... Oxford English Dictionary
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