buttle

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buttle¹

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Back-formation from butler. Compare bottle (verb).

verb buttles · buttling · buttled · butle

  1. humorous, nonstandard To serve as or perform the duties of a butler. ...even the stoic and impeccable maid of Miss Ethelwyn Arthur-Jones, who ‘buttled’ as well as the most time-honoured butler.

Buttle²

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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@misc{buttle_2026,
  title = {buttle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buttle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}